▲ 1220 ▼ Whoops (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [M] to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 99 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Toes@ani.social 12 points 2 years ago (3 children) Here's a tip for anyone with this problem. Take an elastic band and place it over the devastated screw and try again. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] JCreazy@midwest.social 19 points 2 years ago (2 children) I've tried this hundreds of times and it's never worked. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago Of course not. But it's funny to watch you try. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Speculater@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago I posted it above, but the best way is to Dremel with a metal cutting blade to convert it to a flat head. Source: I used to work for Home Depot and had to fix shit for people all the time. permalink fedilink source parent [–] aeki@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 years ago I was very confused until I realized you mean flat elastic bands which I'm not so familiar with (the ones I'm used to, have square cross sections). permalink fedilink source parent [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Latex gloves also work alright in a pinch permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Maalus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Neither of those really work when the screw is hard to remove, and quite often those which you strip are hard to remove. If you put the same damaged fastener back on and then can't remove it, that's on you though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah definitely never put a stripped screw back in. Replace it or just leave it empty permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Just like my lug nuts. Amazing how far you can go with just two. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 19 points 2 years ago (2 children) I've tried this hundreds of times and it's never worked. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago Of course not. But it's funny to watch you try. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Speculater@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago I posted it above, but the best way is to Dremel with a metal cutting blade to convert it to a flat head. Source: I used to work for Home Depot and had to fix shit for people all the time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago Of course not. But it's funny to watch you try. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago I posted it above, but the best way is to Dremel with a metal cutting blade to convert it to a flat head. Source: I used to work for Home Depot and had to fix shit for people all the time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aeki@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 years ago I was very confused until I realized you mean flat elastic bands which I'm not so familiar with (the ones I'm used to, have square cross sections). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] quicksand@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Latex gloves also work alright in a pinch permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Maalus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Neither of those really work when the screw is hard to remove, and quite often those which you strip are hard to remove. If you put the same damaged fastener back on and then can't remove it, that's on you though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah definitely never put a stripped screw back in. Replace it or just leave it empty permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Just like my lug nuts. Amazing how far you can go with just two. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Neither of those really work when the screw is hard to remove, and quite often those which you strip are hard to remove. If you put the same damaged fastener back on and then can't remove it, that's on you though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quicksand@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah definitely never put a stripped screw back in. Replace it or just leave it empty permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Just like my lug nuts. Amazing how far you can go with just two. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] quicksand@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah definitely never put a stripped screw back in. Replace it or just leave it empty permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Just like my lug nuts. Amazing how far you can go with just two. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Just like my lug nuts. Amazing how far you can go with just two. permalink fedilink source parent
