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nostrebor:
Based on your description, the only suggestion that has merit is the attack from the bottom method. I would be tempted to use a utility knife or chisels to "carve" out the area on the back around the screw, until I could get surgeons forceps on it. I would not be wanting to use a power tool for this. Too easy to damage the playfield by overcutting/drilling.
Bomber:

--- Quote from: ahofle on March 20, 2006, 11:33:57 am ---Not sure if this would help, but Sears has 'damaged screw remover' bits that grip the screw with sharp edges.  Not sure if it would work, but I would imagine a small enough bit might be able to get it out?

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Here is a picture of the bit. Although I'm not sure how useful it would be if the entire screw-head has sheared off. Make this another vote for attack from underneath with a hand-tool.
struby:
I'd probably get an equal sized drill bit and just drill right through the screw, if it doesn't pop out at some point in the process, but I don't know if you have the drill/bit for that.
PetitMorte:
Actually that damaged screw bit looks like "The Right Tool For The Job".

It probably doesn't cost much, and since it's *designed* for this type of situation, it'd probably be your best non-discructive bet.  From the look of the bit, the big, tapered pointy end would go into the head of a stripped out phillips screw.  The tiny, pokey spiked end would go into the neck of a sheared-off screw and grab it.

krick:
The "grabit" is designed for a stripped out screw head, not a *missing* screw head...

http://www.ronhazelton.com/tips/Grabit_Screw_Removal_System.htm
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