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    May 29, 2009, 10:41 AM
    What kind of power drill do I need?
    I have redwood decking that is screwed down around a redwood hottub. I need to remove the decking. I tried to unscrew the screws on reverse mode with a Black and Decker 3.5 amp power hand drill. The screws don't budge. Do I need more power? What kind of hand drill would do the job?
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    May 29, 2009, 10:58 AM

    If that won't do it, a More powerful Drill will, I have Dewalt and Makita, others will work as well.
    Put Drill on Lowest speed, and 1 of 3 things will happen, screw will break, screw will be removed and screw can strip.
    They make stripped screw removers.
    What kind of screw head?
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    May 29, 2009, 11:36 AM
    Stratmando, it's a philip's.
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    May 29, 2009, 11:55 AM

    Be sure to use a new tip, have no debris in phillips head to ensure good contact, apply good pressure to avoid stripping.
    Will see if I can find the extractors.
    Here's the extractor.
    It may require the Blue phillips(for Deck Screws)
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    May 29, 2009, 12:00 PM
    When that happens I just use a screw driver and a ratchet plier.

    http://www.plug-sockets.com/products...ers_114299.jpg

    I attach the plier to the screwdriver handle and try to unscrew using the plier as leverage.
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    May 29, 2009, 12:20 PM

    Here's the tips I was talking about:
    eBay
    I think I would use my 18 Volt Makita Impact w/lithium ion batteries.
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