Hi Eddie. I've done this a few times on a Derby. They are designed about the same as the Emmons.
It's a somewhat tedious task, but one can use a small pick like this one. Keeping a bit of upward pressure on the shaft, use the pick, or a small flat blade pocket screwdriver, to work the dowel back up into the shaft a little at a time over and over. You just have to be patient and repeat the procedure, moving the pin a little bit each time.
Cheap pick sets can be found at Harbor Freight or perhaps the home centers in your area.
Here's another suggestion from Willie. Just stop drilling when you reach the pin to prevent burring. You can use the same picks pictured above.
Willie Sims wrote:Try drilling a small hole in the spring loaded pin as close to the rear of the guitar as you can. Then put something like a ice pick in the hole and compress the pin. Never tried it but it might work. Willie SIMS.
Something else you might try, use a small flat blade screwdriver at an angle and see if you can loosen the screw. If it's not too tight and you can get it moving you might be able to let the part come off the screw as you keep turning the screw. Then, worry about getting the screw out of the guitar later, or just leave it in there.
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