Poker II and tiny screws

[mougrim]

OK, so I decided to led-mod my Poker II, butn there is a slight problem - leftmost screw isn't unscrewing, and I think I ruined it by my screwdriver (now screwdriver just turning inside slot, which is almost round). Sigh. Do I have any chance to unscrew it by myself?

[Geroximo]

Lay a rubber band over the screw and try again. Maybe that helps.

[tp4tissue]

Try a flat head..

if the top is exposed, you might be able to glue something to it and turn it

if the top is still in the hole, either drill it.. or VERY carefully try the glue..

[mougrim]

Try a flat head..

if the top is exposed, you might be able to glue something to it and turn it

if the top is still in the hole, either drill it.. or VERY carefully try the glue..

Well... I'll think about flathead... If not, maybe I'll try glue - or solder. If I manage to land a drop of solder on the head and insert a screwdriver before it's solid.. maybe, just maybe, it might work.

[tp4tissue]

Try a flat head..

if the top is exposed, you might be able to glue something to it and turn it

if the top is still in the hole, either drill it.. or VERY carefully try the glue..

Well... I'll think about flathead... If not, maybe I'll try glue - or solder. If I manage to land a drop of solder on the head and insert a screwdriver before it's solid.. maybe, just maybe, it might work.

solder, you might melt the surrounding plastic.. so becareful with that

[strict]

You could also try something like easy out screw extractors which are basically just reverse cut drill bits. They dig into the stripped screw and pull it out the more they dig in.

[mougrim]

Thanks for the tips - in the end flathead + some force done the trick

[heedpantsnow]

Sometimes dealing with a PCB + plate is like that old game "Operation" lol.

[mougrim]

Sometimes dealing with a PCB + plate is like that old game "Operation" lol.

Exactly In my opinion PCB + plate clearly superior to plate - mounted, but dat screws...

[Hogesyx]

You could also try something like easy out screw extractors which are basically just reverse cut drill bits. They dig into the stripped screw and pull it out the more they dig in.

If you no longer care about reusing the screw, extractor works great, or just use a generic drill bit to break the screw head then use a plier to remove the rest of the screw from the thread hole.

For a non destructive method, I had use epoxy before. Basically I epoxy my screwdriver to the screw and unscrew it the next day, when I need to fix the item back, I screw it back with the screwdriver and break the epoxy.