I bought mine several years ago ... about the time they did this video. Never used it until today. Working on my shed, there were several Phillipshead screws that were painted-over and embedded into the wood. The extractorS worked fine BUT (1) start at a slow speed when extracting, and (2) if the "correct" bit doesn't work, go to the next larger, and so on. That got me through a couple of very pesky screws. One "strike-out" ... a screw that wouldn't (wooden-t?) release was actually turning in the wood, so I just pryed the board loose; the screw wasn't holding-on to anything. Thanks for the great info and demo!

Thanks for posting this with details, showing the side 1 & 2. I got a Dewalt kit, no instructions, nothing online... Appreciate ppl like you! 👍

Excellent video. Thank you. (One suggestion: I think a half-minute musical video montage intro is a excessive for a 3-minute "how to" video. But thanks for such a professional, informative video, nonetheless.)

I had bought this very set and there were no instructions on how to use it. This video was the answer. Clear , concise and it worked.

1 minute of content condensed into a 3 and a half minute video. Brevity is wit!

Somebody who actually gets to the point, thanks!!!

Could not get over how easy this was to do. Thanks!

this stripped screwdriver issue, is the stuff of nightmares, oh the frustration, the pain, the hoplessness lol

Thanks very helpful!!!!!!!!! I purchased Speedout 5 years ago. At the time I had no use for the tool, but thought it would be something worth adding to my tool collection. Wala, 5 years later I have 2 stripped screws that must come out to replace door hinges. Works like magic. I was drilling in the wrong direction, but followed your direction and was done in 2 minutes. Thanks again!

This is very informative for someone like me who has never used this before since the depiction on the the inside of bit case wasn't accurate, I could NOT differentiate the two bits and which side of the bit they meant, do truly thank you.

Thank you. My set came with no instructions, so this was a huge help.

Thank you! Short and sweet and to the point. Great explanation!

You need this in your life ! I got a kit like this a year ago and use it for the first time the other day.. i messed up the screw heads bad... took seconds with this !

I have the smoothing out part nailed down, that's why I'm here HAHAHA

Great video. After watching, bought a screw extractor kit and it worked perfectly for me on a stripped bed frame screw

Thanks, got my first kit today which had no instructions(just like almost everything today) I'll be bookmarking this video in case I forget.

Thanks for this video. I had bought a "kit" of these extractors but didn't know how to use them. I have made a note based upon your instruction to tape into the lid of my "kit". That way if I ever need it, I will know how to use it as I won't trust my memory.

Thanks for that. I have a ridiculously large collection of screw extractors, but none of them worked very well, and I had just about given up. Now, after seeing this video, I'm going to try again.

thank you very much for this video. i was doing side 1 clockwise and didnt know why it was taking so long. intro was a tad long i felt.

Have a Fisher and Paykel top loader gas dryer that was making a screeching noise due to a bad bearing. The M5 allen bolt on the inside of the drum was frozen and I ended up rounding it so that nothing would work to get it out. Went to Lowe's and bought a SpeedOut kit and ended up using the largest of the extractors and followed the instructions to the letter. Reamed it first with the drill in reverse to at least 1/16" of an inch into the bolt and then flipped the bit and used the extractor. The 1/2" drill I was using didn't have the power to turn the bolt (only to bite the bit into the bolt), so I clamped on a Vise-Grips locking pliers to the extractor bit and gave it a very slow, hard turn. And sure enough, I heard a snap and that bolt came loose. The extractor was into the bolt deep enough so that the heavy 1/2" drill I was using was literally hanging from it, but it didn't have the torque to do break the bolt. But, the SpeedOut did do the job. Consider me impressed with the tool. It may not work in all circumstances, but it is definitely something to have in the toolkit when all else fails. For $10 and a trip to Lowe's, it saved the day.

I bought this and followed direction exactly and laughed when it did absolutely nothing. Not even close.

THAT was clear, well done and thank you

Great worked a treat on a screw in my double glazed door which was rounded off so I couldn't replace the Euro cylinder lock. Worked a treat

👍🙏Thank you sir! 💝 Thank you for helping all of us daddyless daughters out here. Daddy died before he could teach me about this stuff. It takes a village!! RIP daddy. 🙏🤗💞🤗

Thanks for sharing this video. I will give it a try tomorrow. I just got a similar screw extractor and i hope it works because I have a big deck full of old screws to remove and I noticed some/most are hard to get them out. THANKS

1. There are two levels of quality for this product. 2. Not much of a test mainly because the screw was not under a tensile load.

Worked for me to my surprise. Made few tries and insisted a bit and ended up removing the screws.

Thanks man I just bought these and now I know how to correctly use them

I got this a year ago, never use it, until yesterday, installing a toilet floor flange, messed up the head of one screw, bust out this tool, and it took 5 seconds to remove the broken screw! Should deff be in your kit ! 👍

Im glad I looked this video up, I def would have had the drill in normal drive mode if you hadnt made that clear when using the first bit! thank you!

Thank you, very clear example of how to do this.

Thanks man. I just removed a screw with the help of this vid.

My extractor had no instructions. Great video thanks.

Excellent demonstration! Thank you!

1:22 short cut. Your welcome.

I had those hinge centering bits, and it worked like a dream!

I have one of these kits in my tool bag, cheap to buy and got me out of a couple of situations with damaged screws on jobs

I got this tool and was afraid it didn't work at all after a few attempts but I finally drilled deep enough and it worked, y'all!

Nice. It worked so well that now I can't remove the screw from the extraction bit.

tried the screw extractors on a screw that was givin me headaches for quite a time now. At first it did not work, but i honestly forgot to put it on reverse. Well then it came out within a second with the Side 1 ! so it works, even with smaller screws, mine barely fit the smallest extractor i had in my set.

Sweet! these worked great!! Like the video says, I just had to make sure i was using the biggest size I could fit into the screw head

Thank you. Picking the size was a little confusing still for me but I got it. It worked for me but I tried the smallest bit first and it didn’t work so then I tried the second size and it worked!

I did the side 1 bit, but the side 2 refuses to grip, it just spins inside the hole. Am I doing something wrong?

i used your method on aliexpress screw extractor and IT'S WORKED!! thanks :)

Is a 30 second intro really needed for a 3 min video?

That worked on my Beretta M9. Thanks dude.

Great video. Almost didn't make it through the 30 second intro.

Great gear, and a must have for your tool kit

it was very helpful, but I missed the part were I guess you had used a metal screw first to gage the hole size. Then again if that was info OR demonstration that was needed to be shown. Might as well did for me!

Very simple and great explanation. Thanks.

I bought a 4-piece set from Homedepot and it worked great with little drilling first. The teeth caught screws very well and the drill bit still stuck to a screw after I unscrewed it out. It took like 1 or so minute to unscrew one screw.

Just tried today. It worked like a magic!

thks for ur vid,i just baught myself one of these and there was no instrucrion how to use it,so thx

Just bought these guys and I'm gonna use these guys to get the bad guys out. Wish me luck guys, oh thanks to the guy in the video is the reason I bought these guys.

Love you man awesomely informative!!!!

I found that once you have used side 1 to smooth out the head, side 2 just spins around. You have to use side 2 of bit that is 1 size bigger , only then will the screw come out.

Thanks for taking the time to share...

Loved the intro and video subscribed

I have those but didn’t know which side to spin the drill😞this video is what helped me take that bolt out!! Thanks👍🏼

I was skeptical at first, but logically it made sense. I was working on the car with a stubborn and rounded out screw, picked up the craftsman screw extractor and took it out in less than a minute. totally worth it IMHO. it's possible in some scenarios it may not work, such as where you need to put significant amount of torque. just drill counterclockwise for both sides. make sure to get a good depth into the head of the screw before using the second part.

Thanks. Good job. I always wondered how that worked.

You're my spirit animal.

I needed to know this for my project i couldn't complete because the screws were stripped and i didnt have enough money to get extractors or even knew how to use them at the time

GREAT JOB!!!

I would have made some corny remark about Phillips head vs Robertson but those days are long gone now that Robertson has lost their patent and 'everyone' is making American Square Head screws w/ square sides vs the patented wedge shape. Anyways, long story short - all the screws are crap now, not Robertson, cheap materials and strip or twist off at the first provocation. Nice video, clear demonstration and pretty good sound quality even for this deaf old dog. Now that all my screws are screwed I'm going to have to get me some of these.

FANTASTIC VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!! Explained and demonstrated it PERFECTLY. thank you so much. it came out right away following your steps. THE BEST DRILL OUT VIDEO ON KZfaq!!!!

I have a Henry .22 Lever Action rifle. The screw holding in the rear site has this problem but it’s a really small screw. Are these extractors small enough for a very small screw?

Thanks for the simple tutorial!

great video and simple explanation.

Great video! Question: What can be done if the head of the crew has broken off. Will you use the same procedure or will there be an extra few steps. Please elaborate!

2:31 that’s what she said!

what can you say about quality of this extractors? should buy?

hi woood that work on a steel screws on metal pool copping?

Great video. The reverse statement was the key to using the extractor! Thanks!

That's great when you have a test with it set up like that, but in a real scenario this might not work LOL !

If the screw needs a lot pressure to unscrew with this tool its a game over .It is useful in a small amount of pressure

AWESOME INFORMATION in this video! You earned my subscription! Keep them coming! Do you take requests?

I hate when people unlike this kind of video he works so hard to show you the way

I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I used side one multiple times, I used a drill bike to smooth out the burs and side 2 refuses to budge it.

so where do you put the screw ?

Very helpful. Thank you!

Your the man info man!

Will this work on set screws?

this will work with an allen screw aswell right?

Best video out there

will this set work for broken bolts?

The basic air conditioner screw I am trying to get out totally outmatched the extractor bit. It could never get any kind of bite on the screw material. This method apparently depends on having used screws made of soft materials, which is not very useful or helpful if quality screws were used.

Sorry, what drill / electrical screwdriver do you recommend? An cheap Electrical screwdriver can do the job?

thank you.. it's really breaf and well informative 👏 👌

Does this work with plastic screws as well?

Do these work for bolts as well? For say, I do repairs etc for a laundromat. And the guys who did it before me used a drill and stripped almost every bolt on the washer and dryers and there impossible to get out. Right now I’m using drill bits and popping the heads off than using vice grips too get the bolt out. And it takes a good 5-10 minutes alone just too get the head too pop and I’m looking for a better and faster alternative

Thank you so much, very helpful video.

Work 100%, good job guys...

can we use it with hand drill?

What about trying to put a bolt INTO the item I’m using an Allen wrench and the hole is toast. I can’t drive the bolt in any further. Can I use this tool for continuing to insert the bolt??

Would that work on a thumbscrew that snapped off n needs to b removed ? The part u would turn the cap I'll call it snapped off.

nice one mate just ordered a set

Ty. About to remove a stripped bolt on my truck.

Would this work on a Hexagonal Oil Drain bolt?

You're a life saver.