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[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

While I'm certainly no handyman, I usually just hold the drill bit to the screw to find one slightly smaller, then just use that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

I am fairly handy and have never had that method fail for anything except screwing into thick metal, in which case I'm tapping threads and using a bolt anyway.