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| danny_galaga:
so have you resolved this problem yet? and how so? |
| Lilwolf:
I've had that happen by breaking drill bits flush more then breaking screw heads off. (then I stopped trying to predrill with such a thin drill bit :) --- Quote from: Buddabing on March 20, 2006, 07:37:32 pm ---@mccoy178: The screw is a plain old wood screw, about 1/8" in diameter by 1/2" long. The screw broke off below the surface of the wood. I have learned my lesson about predrilling. :'( @tahnok100: There's a screw in the way. :) I dunno if there's a good way to drill that exactly through a screw. --- End quote --- |
| Buddabing:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on April 05, 2006, 04:40:24 am --- so have you resolved this problem yet? and how so? --- End quote --- I cleared off all metal parts near the screw. Then I used a magnetic stud finder to find exactly where the screw was. Next, I drilled a small hole to find the screw. I then enlarged and deepened the hole until I could get some needle-nose vise grips around the screw. Then the screw came out. I repaired the hole with wood putty. |
| nostrebor:
--- Quote from: Buddabing on April 05, 2006, 08:23:09 am --- --- Quote from: danny_galaga on April 05, 2006, 04:40:24 am --- so have you resolved this problem yet? and how so? --- End quote --- I cleared off all metal parts near the screw. Then I used a magnetic stud finder to find exactly where the screw was. Next, I drilled a small hole to find the screw. I then enlarged and deepened the hole until I could get some needle-nose vise grips around the screw. Then the screw came out. I repaired the hole with wood putty. --- End quote --- You might want to add that you did this from the back face of the PF. |
| Buddabing:
That's right, here's a picture of my vise grips clamping the screw shaft. The hole I made is actually larger than it would have been had I drilled out the screw from the top, but I did not have to touch the top of the playfield at all. So I think this method worked out well. |
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