Broken Screw

[IFA]

Hi all,
I broke an old screw in a big piece made of resin...In my hand, I've got the screw head and a little part of the body and the other part of the screw body is still in the big resin piece !!!! How to take it back from the resin piece, please ? Any ideas ?

Many thanks
FRED

 

[Reaver]

Hi all,
I broke an old screw in a big piece made of resin...In my hand, I've got the screw head and a little part of the body and the other part of the screw body is still in the big resin piece !!!! How to take it back from the resin piece, please ? Any ideas ?

Many thanks
FRED

If it's not a thick piece of resin you can try to remove it from the inside if part if the tip is sticking out. Sometimes a bit of lube or WD40 will help loosen old screws if its not too deep. What I would do is bore it out with a drill bit larger then the screw, remove it (sometimes a needle-nose works well) then fill in the hole with fresh resin. Let it cure, sand and paint if needed and replace the screw (if wanted) with a new one.

 

[IFA]

Thanks Reaver, I would like to avoid to dig the resin piece but I will remind this as the last solution
Yes, I forgot to mention that the part of the screw which is still in the resin piece, is deep inside (no direct contact to it) and I have access to it only from the side it broke !!!

FRED

 

[OdiWan72]

Get a dremel with a thin cutting wheel and cut a slot in the screw body that´s stuck in the resin piece. The just get yourself a screwdriver and screw it out...voila.

The small slots from the cutting wheel should be no prob to be filled with putty later on.

Markus

 

[Sidewinder]

Drill it out using a bit 0.5mm smaller than the screw diameter.

SAS

 

[Gigatron]

Depending on the size of the screw, use this http://homerepair.about.com/od/interiorhomerepair/ss/screw_extractor.htm

I have a full range of screw extractors because I'm always snapping the heads off of old bolts. These things work like a charm. You should be able to get them from any hardware store.

-Fred

 

[IFA]

Yeah, really good ideas...thank you very much to all of you for answering. I was sure to find an help here.
I will try your solutions guys.

Many thanks again,
FRED