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ruined a phillips screw, any inspired solution?

Not strictly audio but related and a real mess. I wanted to open up the cabinet of a cdp to change a tube inside which involved removing 6 small phillips screws with a recessed head,... and of course, there is always one that pretends to be sword Excalibur. Sadly, after I had attacked it with every imaginable screwdriver, I noticed that I had literally milled out the head. So I now have an unbudgeable screw with a perfectly round cavity on the head sitting on a rather sensitive piece of gear (the plate I have to remove holds most of the electronic circuitry, the cd drive and the tube, go figure). Anyone faced a similar conundrum and solved it?
Thanks for not laughing 8^(
karelfd
hevac1
811 posts
 
Try a square wood driver bit. I messed up a phillips screw and it worked for me, just had to take it slow.
2chnlben
595 posts
 
Good lord...foooooolishhhhhh! There any number of ways to effectively (and efficiently...and thoroughly) remove a "ruined" screw.
hevac1
811 posts
 
The only foolish question is the one NOT asked.
2chnlben
595 posts
 
The only foolish question is the one not asked. Hevac1

Yes Confucius, that’s true. I wasn’t referring to my respected community Brethren, Karelfd, but to the genius who ground the screw head off, broke the bolt and left the broken piece in the thread hole. Did you not once say O Knowledgeable One, that “Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.”
trelja
3,215 posts
 
Confucius say man who goes through airport turnstyle sideways is going to Bangkok.
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