How to remove stripped screw? I've tried everything!

Drill/grind the screws out and repair/replace the fixture

Always use stainless screws on things like this, to the point that you should swap them out on a brand new fixture before you install it. It amazes me that manufacturers go to this length to save a nickel a screw.

unscrew the two screws to open the light. On further inspection, i noticed that the screws are driven so tight that the area around the screws are be nt inwards. I have tried heat, hammer tapping and screw extraction kit. Now i am left with 2 worn screw heads and a blown out light. I can't even bre ak the glass and replace the whole fixture because the glass is encased in metal so there is no direct access to the glass. Any advice? I'm at my wits end.

Some of this doesn't even sound right. Screw extraction kit for screws on a light fixture? Either grind them off, or if there is any way to grab on to them. shear them off.

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Harbor Freight makes left handed drills. I've never used one. But in theory, you can chuck one up, put drill in reverse, and go to town. Might catch and thread out what's left. Get it! What's left! I'm a comic, and don't even know it.

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Yep, drill them out

Get a good carbide bit

If you smash it, be sure the power is off.....

Why cant you just remove the screws that hold the whole fixture to the wall and remove tbe whole fixture?

I'm assuming you used WD40 or PB Blaster (*better) on the screws. Then grab em with a vice grips.

If all else fails, A small butane torch (pocket sized ones) might heat the screws enough to move them, but the glass dome could crack. Just heat the screws.... Not the glass.....