Something I've done successfully in the past for small, nearly stripped screws:
Put a drop of crazy glue in the screw. Put the screwdriver in as straight as you can and balance against something. Let dry. Now try to get the screw out.
Sounds crazy, but it has worked. Of course, this is last resort before drilling it out.
--murph
On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Robert Moskowitz rgm@htt-consult.com wrote:
Right size screwdriver: Phillips #0; I have been doing this for close to 60 years. Stripping phillips head screws that is :) Heads not stripped. yet. Being careful. Lots of pressure tried. Including holding screwdriver with wrench and trying to turn. But can't maintain enough downward pressure to get it to budge. Heads not raised enough to grab with any pliers I own, and I have a lot of them. Maybe try and file the heads square and see if that makes grabbing them easier.