How to remove a stripped screw?

[Phixt]

Hopefully the one on one romance above is over.

Go with what Craytab said. Send it to spyderco. You dont wanna pay, you dont wanna wait, you dont wanna use a tool (experience), aint life a B?

Send it in man, you'll be glad you did.

 

[Hickory n steel]

hey everybody, before I start let me preface by saying I looked at plenty of threads which all said the same thing. Either a dremel, or heating or cooling the screw. But I don't use loctite so there isn't any loctite to heat or cook and I don't own a dremel. I'm a broke college student and so far I've tried the rubber band trick which has done nothing.

I tried using a T9 but that also won't work. I honestly wouldn't care if it was a pocket clip screw but it's a pivot screw on my paramilitary 2. I called spyderco and they basically said it would cost $20 plus $5 for shipping which I don't think is worth it considering it also takes forever to get the knife back.

I was wondering if there's any way to take this thing out that costs less than $10 and doesn't require any experience. For example, using a dremel.

Thanks

Anyone can use a rotary tool which takes no real experience.
You can get a small low powered rotary tool for $10 at Harbor freight which comes with a good selection of bits and a bunch of cut off disks.
Just pit a few layers of tape around the pivot to protect the rest of the knife
There really isn't much of any other way without sending it in.

This HF rotary tool is low powered and will require light pressure, but will get the job done.

Sending it in is the best way to go though.

 

[Danke42]

Anyone can use a rotary tool which takes no real experience.
You can get a small low powered rotary tool for $10 at Harbor freight which comes with a good selection of bits and a bunch of cut off disks.
Just pit a few layers of tape around the pivot to protect the rest of the knife
There really isn't much of any other way.

This HF rotary tool is low powered and will require light pressure, but will get the job done.

The pivot is flush.

Cut the pivot, cut the scale.

 

[craytab]

Anyone can use a rotary tool which takes no real experience.
You can get a small low powered rotary tool for $10 at Harbor freight which comes with a good selection of bits and a bunch of cut off disks.
Just pit a few layers of tape around the pivot to protect the rest of the knife
There really isn't much of any other way without sending it in.

This HF rotary tool is low powered and will require light pressure, but will get the job done.

Sending it in is the best way to go though.

The pivot is flush.

Cut the pivot, cut the scale.

Exactly, as was said earlier, or if you have experience with this widely owned knife.

If you don't know, it is best not to give advice that will damage the knife being worked on.

Op, save up and send it in. Or...take your risk with random advice on the internet. I know which I would do.

 

[Kreyzhorse]

A drill and a screw extractor works magic on stripped screws you will need a new pivot screw afterwards.

 

[JJ_Colt45]

If you want to try an inexpensive and safe way ... it works fairly well ...

if you can get a nut small enough ... used a bit of JB Weld and secure the nut to the stripped screw and then simply use a socket or wrench to remove the screw.

Doesn't work 100% of the time but I've had good luck with it.

 

[Danke42]

Or just use a drill press with a set of soft jaws and the right extractor.

Or just send to Spyderco.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Exactly, as was said earlier, or if you have experience with this widely owned knife.

If you don't know, it is best not to give advice that will damage the knife being worked on.

Op, save up and send it in. Or...take your risk with random advice on the internet. I know which I would do.

He wanted a way to remove the screw and I just informed him of a relatively safe and easy way he could do this of he was careful.
Obviously it's best to send it in and have spyderco fix it but if he really doesn't want to he could get aggravated at the repeated suggestion to do so.
I've seen new members get upset at people giving them recommendations against what they had in mind.

 

[craytab]

He wanted a way to remove the screw and I just informed him of a relatively safe and easy way he could do this of he was careful.
Obviously it's best to send it in and have spyderco fix it but if he really doesn't want to he could get aggravated at the repeated suggestion to do so.
I've seen new members get upset at people giving them recommendations against what they had in mind.

What you suggested would have cut into the G10 as well as the screw since they are flush. It was bad advice and mentioned earlier in the thread.

Sometimes the best advice is something a poster does not want to hear. What they shouldn't hear is bad advice that will ruin their knife.

 

[JDX]

It's all good guys. No need to get aggravated. It functions fine and I will just wait to maybe send it to a forum member who might help or I'll send it in