We've all been there: Your home improvement project is going along just as planned, and the future is looking bright—until you come across a stubborn screw with a stripped head. It can seem virtually ...

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 ...

Screws get stuck, and it often takes ingenuity as well as elbow grease to get them unstuck. Back in the good old days, it was common practice to coat the threads of a screw with a little beeswax ...

A stripped screw can turn a quick fix or small adjustment into a big hassle. It can happen to any screw and can make removing or tightening it almost impossible. You might encounter a stripped screw ...

It’s a novice carpenter’s worst nightmare: you’re trying to tighten or remove a screw and you find the head is stripped. You press the screwdriver or drill bit into the head and try to turn, but there ...

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 ...

It's a tale as old as time: You try to remove a screw using a screwdriver or drill, only to find that the head is stripped. Thus begins the long and frustrating process of going through removal ...

February 2, 2010 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google The head of the screw you stripped while you were hanging that shelf may not have seemed like a big deal at the ...

There are few better feelings than working with your hands. Whether it's constructing a new desk you bought from Ikea, hanging pictures all along the walls, or crafting something completely from ...