"TrailRat" wrote in message
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I'm trying to repair a wall unit that was damaged during transport.
Basically a harsh stop forced the door to drop and the sudden drop
smashed the hinges and tore out some other supports. Trying to
reattach the door I've discovered that the wood will no longer
accepted new screws, the old ones being lost in the truck. Like I
said
this is because the screws were torn from the chipboard under force!
I'm trying to figure out ways that I can make possible repairs to
the
chipboard that would allow the screws to be recieved and the weight
of
the door to be accepted again by the supports. The unit in question
is
a bar unit and the door acts as an area to pour drinks. The inside
of
the door had a mirrored sheet of glass (yet to be replaced).

Still looking for the hinges too! Who'd have thought they'd be a
nuisance to find!!

Before anyone suggests replacing the unit or the door, the unit is
part of a set of units and any replacements would be out of place. A
new unit is impossible because it was built late 70's/ early 80's.
It
came from my parents and I rather like the thing!

Many Thanks

If you have a largish area of tear out, you can fill with enough
sawdust and glue to
make a thick mixture and fill, let dry day or so, then sand, color the
repair with
a wax stick to match, then redrill
You could also fill with a reddish tinted bondo, (a little more
hardener in the mix) and redrill
If just a small tear out of the hole, then fill with a piece of glued
in dowel and redrill
with a good brad point bit. Better yet, drill with a hinge centering
bit which will prevent
the hole from getting off center in the hinge plate,
CC