Hellbent

If the screw is stripped, hammer it with the end of the drill bit into the screw so that you reform the screw. Then set the drill to the slowest speed that it can turn the screw at and push with as much force as you can while unscrewing it. Good luck.

My friend and I just moved the couch in. Just when I was about to call it quits on the operation, he somehow magically got the leg passed the jam that it was clearly not going to go beyond. We both have no idea how he did it, but we were pretty stoked. The next part was putting the door back on. Jimmy is better at moving couches than screwing in door hinges. He stripped one of the screws while clumsily screwing the hinge in. It wouldn't have been that big a deal as the screw was all the way in again but we didn't line it up right and so the door wouldn't close. He was suggesting we just keep trying to unscrew the stripped screw, but I am wiser than that in my old age. I had a better idea. Since the screw was so soft, we could reform it. We didn't have a hammer so I knocked on the door of the friendly neighbor (unfortunately, not the one in 3C), and he had one. I was able to reform it just enough to get the screw out.

Mood: Accomplished.