(blue) wrote:

Thus, my questions are, should I suck it up and just leave all the
screw holes, or get my dad to fill them?

Go to www.leevalley.com and search for "the plugger". This is a reamer
that matches the taper of a pencil. You then sharpen maple dowel in a
pencil sharpener and plug the hole. Quick, easy, and cheap.

Ken Muldrew