Screw Extractor

Now it’s simple to remove broken screws without damaging the surrounding area.

Repairing the hole left by the extractor is easy with a dowel.

Customer Reviews and Photos for: Screw Extractor Average Rating: (2.5) (6 customer reviews) Add your review...

1) Submitted by Mike Harlick, from Seattle, WA on 8/27/2009 Customer Rating: With some broken-off screws on my boat, I ordered all three of the extractors; not being able to determine from the product description whether the sizes indicated were ID or OD. Following the directions (important!), I was able to successfully remove the screws and plug the resulting holes with dowels. While it is difficult to use any drill bit without a point or spur, these did the job intended with a centering jig made from a scrap of wood. I know of no other tool that would have worked.

2) Submitted by Robert Horwath, from Hackettstown, NJ on 12/5/2007 Customer Rating: The product is not represented properly by the illustration in the catalog. I was expecting a tool that would be long enough to fit into the chuck of my drill and have at least 3" to extract the broken off screw but this tool is only aroind 2" long. I was expecting a 4" tool. I am a little dissappointed, as every other product that I have ever bought from you has met my requirements. I haven't yet used this tool but I expect that it will work okay but not for long broken off screws.

3) Submitted by Phillip Morawa, from Key West, FL on 1/19/2008 Customer Rating: It got the job done. I did find that in deep holes it was easy to "smoke" the tool, after which the teeth exploded. Following destroying the first side, I would go very slowly and remove the tool to cool every so often and it worked OK. I'm thinking this may be more of a disposable tool. Also, the actual OD is created by the set of the teeth and I had to drill out the hole for a 1/4" bung to fit as the extractor was a bit undersized.

4) Submitted by Wilson Klassen, from Vernon Hills, IL on 7/24/2008 Customer Rating: I bought this to extract an #8 screw. It ended up breaking in the hole. It would be better to simply drill out the screw.

5) Submitted by Charles Puckett, from New Columbia, PA on 3/29/2009 Customer Rating: I bought one of each size. Upon receiving them, it was apparent right from the start that they weren't going to be as simple to use as the depiction indicates. While these extractors did indeed work, at [price] each I did expect a more thoughtful & useful tool. This tool would probably work better on a drill press but that's not always easily accomplished. I needed to use it outside so I had to make a guide to start the extractor where I wanted to use it. I had to let it cool often. When it did cut the screw loose, I had to be very careful not to twist or bend it while removing the extraxtor & plug from the wood. It had become very hot and actually scorched the wood. Fortunately I had to drill the hole out to insert a plug anyway and that removed the burnt area. Getting the screw out of the extracter was rather tedious also. In conclusion: While the tool did work, it wasn't a very well thought through design. The idea of using a piece of thin tubing with teeth cut into it and then hardened... is only easy to fabricate and ship out quickly. As far as being useful, it leaves a lot to be desired. The tool & design needs a lot more work to beworth $15 each. As it is, it seems it was designed to make money, not work well.

6) Submitted by Gerry Queener, from Troy, ID on 5/15/2008 Customer Rating: I had hoped this tool would remove broken deck screws - the part that still has a head and is in the decking. (Usually the drive recess is to full of crud to allow using a drive bit for removal.) The perfect tool for my use would have the teeth that this one has, plus some groves inside to grab the head of the screw and allow one to remove it.