Skip to main content  The Daily Fix: Remove a Stuck Screw  Filed
Under: Tools, Essential Skills, Know-How  Isn't it infuriating
when a screw just won't budge? Whatever you do, don't lose your
cool and resort to brute force. Yes, I know it's tempting, but
you could easily make matters worse by stripping the head of
your screw. That little mishap will leave your screwdriver bit
spinning uselessly in the now-hollow end of the (still stuck)
screw. Now that's infuriating!  So how did your screw get stuck
in the first place? Odds are, it got wedged firmly in position
over time, or it was overly tightened. Whatever the cause,
here's a clever trick worth trying: heat the screw up. The
sudden expansion of the hot metal screw can loosen things up
enough to get that stubborn metal moving. Here's how to do it
safely:  soldering iron, glue gunThe trick to removing a screw
that won't budge? Use a soldering iron or a glue gun. Photo:
Michael's  All you need is a soldering iron or hot glue gun.
Many of us already have one or