We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. No matter how powerful your drill is, there's always the chance that you'll run into one of a DIYer's worst nightmares — a stripped screw. No ...

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While DIY repairs and projects can have their moments of frustration, few things can bring your project to a halt like a stripped screw head. Trying (and failing) to extract a stripped screw out can ...

A wide rubber band creates enough friction to remove a partially stripped screw without any specialty tools. The type of rubber band matters — thin office bands rarely work, but wide flat ones can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There can be a lot of frustrating things about home repairs and DIYs, but sometimes it's the small stuff that gets you. Literally: ...