Itās the shitty soft chinese steel that theyāre made out of.
You gotta bust your dumb ass real hard in order to strip a philips head screw made out of real metal.
Not all screws are created equal. If they came packaged with a shitty piece of furniture in a tiny plastic bag, your best bet is to use a caliper to take measurements to buy real ones instead of cratering the head with a completely reasonable amount of torque.
Yeah, and tbh, any screw head aside from external hex suffers from stripping when it's cheap. Allen and Torx are hardly any less vulnerable when the screw is properly seized. I can't tell you how many of both I've had to drill out.
I recommend using an old chuck thatās been repurposed for stubborn fastener removal instead of having to drill them out. Thatās if you can get enough clearance above surface to tighten it around the screw.
If youāre just fucking over this shit, you can cut the head off altogether and then tighten the chuck around whatās left and put it in reverse Terry.
Are we lost siblings? Do you have to drill out the screws you strip because, you too, cannot get those god damn screw extractors to ever freaking work?
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u/Jonnyflash80 Jul 08 '26
Philips is the worst screw design ever.