Ok, here is one of those strange tips that no one believes till they actually try it
Get some alum (try a swimming pool supply store), make a paste out of it and pack it in around the extractor, keep it fairly wet and the next day the extractor will be gone. This only works right if the screw extractor is broke off in aluminum, if you try it on steel it will make the hole bigger.
Some links:
www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive/200409/msg00634.htm
www.metal-club.org/Remove.html
www.bhi.co.uk/hints/screws.htm
And I foumd the following info in a thread on the Home Shop Machinist board:
FOR removing broken drills or taps from ALUMINUM get some ordinary 'canning' alum from the grocery. Use a glass or ceramic cookware large enough to submerge piece. Bring water to a simmer in bowl and disolve all the alum the water will disslolve. Add the work piece with broken steel part, maintain simmer and water level. Gie it time and the broken steel will turn to mud or mush and wash out easily.
Home Shop Machinist
Post edited by: steell, at: 2006/01/22 14:03