The best-laid DIY project plans can hit a snag if a stripped screw turns up. Though stuck fasteners with stripped heads can certainly slow down your progress, they’re not impossible to deal with. We ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Few things will try your patience the way a stripped screw or bolt can. It seems ...

Whether you're doing a quick project around the house or a full renovation, it's likely you'll run into several problems along the way. George and his team turned one of the larger spaces in their ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. No matter how powerful your drill is, there's always the chance that you'll run into one of a DIYer's worst nightmares — a stripped screw. No ...

Screws are a secure way to hold two objects together and will do their jobs so well that over time, as they rust and corrode, they become almost impossible to remove. There’s no shortage of tools and ...

Any backyard mechanic knows how difficult and frustrating it can be to remove a screw that is broken or stripped, but with medical hardware like bone screws the matter can be more serious. Now a ...

Few things seem more hopeless than when you're in the process of removing a bolt, screw, or stud and it breaks. At that point, you know it's all over but the crying. You've busted a bolt off in a ...

We’ve all stripped a few screws in our day. Normally, isn’t a big setback — until you need to unscrew it, that is. Allen screws, frequently used in things like IKEA furniture and ready-to-assemble ...