[sdiy] stripped screw on an 808

Tom Wiltshire tom at electricdruid.net
Mon Aug 11 12:22:01 CEST 2008


On 11 Aug 2008, at 11:02, Andre Majorel wrote:

> On 2008-08-10 20:10 -0700, jon schatz wrote:
>
>> i'm trying to swap out a broken switch on my 808 but one of the
>> screws  connecting the main pcb to the front panel is stripped
>>
>
> But first, I would try gluing a bit of wood or something
> disposable to the screw head and use that as a handle to unscrew
> it.

Another possible approach that I've used in the past is to cut a slot  
in the top of the screw with a hacksaw or dremmel, and then use a  
standard flat-blade screwdriver on it.

T.






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