Screw help needed please

FreeBear

Daisy_84 said: I didn’t realise that kitchen sink taps would be so tightly screwed that I’d end up destroying there screw.

Sometimes, you'll come across a left hand thread. It might be worth trying to "tightening" this screw up and see if it will move.

Daisy_84

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.

Sometimes, you'll come across a left hand thread. It might be worth trying to "tightening" this screw up and see if it will move.

Now that’s confusing. It sounds counterintuitive. Are you being sarcastic?

By the way I am left handed. 

theoretica

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.

Norman_Castle

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.

Sometimes, you'll come across a left hand thread. It might be worth trying to "tightening" this screw up and see if it will move.

Now that’s confusing. It sounds counterintuitive. Are you being sarcastic?

By the way I am left handed. 

Left hand threads are real. They tighten anticlockwise and loosen clockwise.

Daisy_84

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.

I’ve been using a hand screw. I think I over did it. It looks bad. The picture is deceiving.

Daisy_84

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.

Sometimes, you'll come across a left hand thread. It might be worth trying to "tightening" this screw up and see if it will move.

Now that’s confusing. It sounds counterintuitive. Are you being sarcastic?

By the way I am left handed. 

Left hand threads are real. They tighten anticlockwise and loosen clockwise.

Interesting. But hand dominance shouldn’t affect the direction of the screw, which is why I’m confused.

theoretica

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.

Sometimes, you'll come across a left hand thread. It might be worth trying to "tightening" this screw up and see if it will move.

Now that’s confusing. It sounds counterintuitive. Are you being sarcastic?

By the way I am left handed. 

Left hand threads are real. They tighten anticlockwise and loosen clockwise.

Interesting. But hand dominance shouldn’t affect the direction of the screw, which is why I’m confused.

They could as easily be called clockwise and anticlockwise screws - but are called after right hand and left hand rotation instead - which has little to do with hands... 

FreeBear

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.

Sometimes, you'll come across a left hand thread. It might be worth trying to "tightening" this screw up and see if it will move.

Now that’s confusing. It sounds counterintuitive. Are you being sarcastic?

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.

grumbler

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.

jimpwarsop

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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