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I've been working on the coat rack for the porch since before Christmas. Last night I went to do the final assembly.
I had ordered some fancy coat hooks from Signature Hardware for this project. While doing a test fitting, I managed to strip the heck out of some of the screws. I contacted the company and naturally, you can't buy the crappy screws separately.
I had drilled pilot holes for EVERYTHING.
I still managed to snap the head Right Off of their crappy screw last night.

F*$%.

Tonight, I get to see if there's just enough left above the surface to get a pair of vice grips on.
If not that, then I shall see if I can get a screw extractor small enough to thread that #6 screw.
Barring that, I saw a trick where you core out around the screw, break it off and fill the hole with a dowel/glue. I'd hate to have to get to that point though.






In the end - Signature Hardware: Nice hooks, bad screws.