<div dir="ltr">With small screws it is sometimes possible to get them out with a pencil eraser pressed firmly against it. However, that really only works when you can put a LOT of pressure against the screw, and if that post isn't stable it may not work. Otherwise, the tools that Russ spoke of are the usual method of dealing with headless screws.<div>It does look like that entire post might be replaceable, though, which might end up being less effort overall. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font size="1"><i>William Wulf<br>Lunaria, Ltd. Consulting<br><a href="mailto:psyque@gmail.com" target="_blank">psyque@gmail.com</a><br>410-428-0070</i></font></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 4:49 PM, russell applebee via FSPA <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="m_8219834770041941177yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501793004318_9356">They make kits where you can drill a hole in the screw and then use a special bit to remove the broken off screw. I'm not sure if they make one that small, but here is a set on Amazon to get an idea.</div><div id="m_8219834770041941177yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501793004318_9359"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Damaged-Extractor-composed-different-Removes/dp/B06XSY72PP/ref=sr_1_8?s=power-hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1501793307&sr=1-8&keywords=screw+extractor" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/<wbr>Damaged-Extractor-composed-<wbr>different-Removes/dp/<wbr>B06XSY72PP/ref=sr_1_8?s=power-<wbr>hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=<wbr>1501793307&sr=1-8&keywords=<wbr>screw+extractor</a><br></div><div id="m_8219834770041941177yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501793004318_8210"><span></span></div><div class="m_8219834770041941177qtdSeparateBR" id="m_8219834770041941177yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501793004318_8209"><br><br></div><div class="m_8219834770041941177yahoo_quoted" id="m_8219834770041941177yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501793004318_8113" style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px" id="m_8219834770041941177yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501793004318_8112"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_8219834770041941177yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501793004318_8111"> <div dir="ltr" id="m_8219834770041941177yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501793004318_8117"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Steve Peck via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> FSPA main discussion list <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> <br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Steve Peck <<a href="mailto:speckking@gmail.com" target="_blank">speckking@gmail.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 3, 2017 4:32 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [FSPA] Screw sheared in post fix?<br> </font> </div> <div class="m_8219834770041941177y_msg_container" id="m_8219834770041941177yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501793004318_8110"><span class=""><br><div id="m_8219834770041941177yiv6872226877"><div id="m_8219834770041941177yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501793004318_8114">A screw sheared off flush in a post, any way to get it out? Pic: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://i.imgur.com/HFlki95.jpg" id="m_8219834770041941177yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501793004318_9360" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/HFlki95.<wbr>jpg</a></div>
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