On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:15:11 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

I find that most screws, when they srip out, not enough metal left to slot.
Sometimes flat head phillips can be slotted. A dremel and a cut off wheel is
a better tool than a hacksaw.

If the screw is out, it makes a lot more sense to go buy another one. If
you're close to the store, if the store is open, and if you have the
transportation and the money and the time.

Also, if it is a decorative hinge and the screws show, you probably
can't get it at a store.

I waited until a neighbor threw away original cabinets identical to
mine, to get replacement hinges and screws to go with them. . Two of
my hinges had been damaged by a tube carton of toilet bowl cleaner
that was there for months, (cardboard cylinder with flex plactic
insert lid) which eventually filled the space under the sink with bowl
cleaner vapor. The hinges were on t e outside of the door, but they
still got corroded at one end.