Tapered straight-flute (hammer-in) extractor set: Irwin 5362 Square-drive bit for small wood screws: Bosch R1 SQ1301 Ball-peen hammer: Estwing 16-Ounce High-speed cobalt alloy twist drills: Irwin ...

If some of the more DIY methods below don't work, professional contractors use screw extractor sets to remove stripped screws. Extractors are a special style of double-sided drill bit.

Co-owner, Andy Carlson, setup a stripped out screw demo for us. We picked the appropriate sized Speed Out bit based on the instructions and drilled the hole in the screw head.