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Author Message   Glenn Tinkerer Username: Glenn Post Number: 732 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 08:07 am:    Square off the tip on a small electric soldering iron and apply the heated tip to the screw head. The steel screw is 'corroded' into the alloy barrel - the barrel being alloy will expand more than the steel screw and thus you will be able to remove said screw with a well fitting screwdriver. Use driver immediately after removing heat source, do not allow to cool down. Used this method many times on items ranging from photographic equipment to vintage bike and car engines - never fails if the correct sized heat source is used.