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Just a couple of words, learned thru the years and umpteen thousands of screws drilled out.
Drilling out screws is a skill and an art. Usually comes as a result of many disasters while learning. And I’m still learning.
Never run a tap into a hole that still has the remains of screw threads in it.
There is no such thing as an Easy-Out. It isn’t easy, and they won’t get it out. If the bolt wasn’t strong enough to turn itself out, the fragile Easy-Out won’t be either. But they do have their place in bolts that are broken from other causes, i.e. if twisted off while tightening.
Heli-coils are a great invention and a life saver.
If you break off a tap or Easy-Out in the hole, you are in deep doo.