Has anyone used this product (Tom)?  I've twisted off more easy-outs than I
care to admit.  How well does this product work?

J.Peter
'85 Weekender
Alfred,NY
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Doesn't work for s**t.  I spent six months restoring a lighthouse with many
rusted and broken screws and bolts to take out.  I had the "four pack" of
this product - different sizes for different screws - and it was useless.
The drill part would drill into the bolt/screw but the "take out" part would
not start.

The best approach seemed to be to carefully drill out the broken screw/bolt
with a drill that would take out almost everything except the threads.  Then
pick at the threads with a sharp pick and try to remove the thread, then use
a tap to bit by bit finish the job and freshen the threads.  All in all, a
fairly fiddley operation.  For larger bolts, 3/8's and up,  a drill bit that
would remove most of the bolt and then one of those reverse twist
"easy-out's" with the square head, firmly tapped in, then carefully twisted
sometimes worked.  But it sounds like you have already been there, done
that!

Ron Bloomquist
http://www.pointcabrillo.org/roadcow/lighthouse.htm