On Jul 9, 1:21*pm, "charlie"
wrote:
"SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote in message

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"RicodJour" wrote in message
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On Jul 9, 2:58 am, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote:

just stick a matchstick in any loose screw hole
and break and trim off, and the screw will be a lot more secure. Do NOT
use
any glue.

Why not use glue?

R

Think ahead to when you want to get the screw OUT ............. *Or want
to tighten it. *Most glues will fracture into tiny pieces, not allowing
for tightening.

Besides that, the object is to get the screw to use inclined plane force
of physics to work. *So, you add more material to reinforce the grip.

Think of it this way ...... *you have a sloppy hole. *What you gonna do?
Fill it full of glue and stick a screw in the glue? *It's going to be
loose, since you can't screw it tight and bring everything together.
You'll end up with a weak moveable joint from square one.

Or, at least that has been my experience from using glue and finding out
it just doesn't work as well as real wood for some things.

Steve

the right way is to plug the hole with a glued in dowel, cut off flush with
a chisel or a flush -cut saw, and redrill the hole.- Hide quoted text -

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the right way is to plug the hole with a glued in dowel

I've looked for really, really skinny dowels to fill screw holes and I
just can't find them *anywhere*.