"Max" wrote in message
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More years ago than I can remember I came across a little kit for
restoring screw holes. It was particularly handy for moving a strike
plate for a door latch. The kit had a tapered bit to drill a hole that
accepted a plug shaped like the sharpened end of a pencil. (it also
included a pencil shaped piece of wood that could be sharpened in a pencil
sharpener and used as a plug.)
I've lost it, looked in all the catalogs I have and am beginning to wonder
if I dreamed it.
Anyone familiar with the device?


You're not dreaming. I've still got one. It came from Garrett Wade on a
visit to New York (I think Woodcraft Supply used to carry them too?). It
works OK but the plug is end grain so not particularly strong. I tend to
reach for a couple of matchsticks (or use a plastic wall plug).



Lee Valley does the kit:



http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/pag...80,42240,53317