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Screw help needed please
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Daisy_84 said: I didn’t realise that kitchen sink taps would be so tightly screwed that I’d end up destroying there screw.
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FreeBear said:Daisy_84 said: I didn’t realise that kitchen sink taps would be so tightly screwed that I’d end up destroying there screw.
By the way I am left handed.0 -
The screw doesn't look beyond help to me - have you been using a drill, an impact driver or a hand screwdriver to try to undo that screw? Using screw bits in electric drills can be convenient, but is most likely to mash the heads.
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Daisy_84 said:FreeBear said:Daisy_84 said: I didn’t realise that kitchen sink taps would be so tightly screwed that I’d end up destroying there screw.
By the way I am left handed.
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theoretica said:The screw doesn't look beyond help to me - have you been using a drill, an impact driver or a hand screwdriver to try to undo that screw? Using screw bits in electric drills can be convenient, but is most likely to mash the heads.0
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Norman_Castle said:Daisy_84 said:FreeBear said:Daisy_84 said: I didn’t realise that kitchen sink taps would be so tightly screwed that I’d end up destroying there screw.
By the way I am left handed.
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Daisy_84 said:Norman_Castle said:Daisy_84 said:FreeBear said:Daisy_84 said: I didn’t realise that kitchen sink taps would be so tightly screwed that I’d end up destroying there screw.
By the way I am left handed.
But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,Had the whole of their cash in his care.
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Daisy_84 said:FreeBear said:Daisy_84 said: I didn’t realise that kitchen sink taps would be so tightly screwed that I’d end up destroying there screw.
Not being sarcastic at all. Left hand threads are a thing, and I'm trying to think where you might find one in an average household. About the best I can think of is wheel nuts on certain vehicles.
Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.1 -
One of bicycle pedals. Some circular saws.In fact they are very rare and are used for a reason. I don't see such reason for a usual tap.Regarding a damaged Philips screw, sometimes you can restore the slot to some degree by drilling a small 1.5-2mm hole in the middle of the cross (thus making it deeper in the centre) and then hammering a new hard screwdriver bit (not impact one, they are soft) into the damaged slot.4
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FreeBear said:
Not being sarcastic at all. Left hand threads are a thing, and I'm trying to think where you might find one in an average household. About the best I can think of is wheel nuts on certain vehicles.The centre spindle on a clockwise spinning fan.
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