stripped out screw hole

[Appowner]

Thank you everyone. I am going to drill it out and use a dowl. I am building this gun for a friend and didn't want to do a fix that could fail sometime off in the future.

Go with the dowel however. Once you've cut the new threads, remove the screw and soak the hole with thin super glue. Give it lots of time to dry (overnight). Then flush with a drop of water and blow dry. This will soak into and harden the wood threads. Not impossible to strip but then, neither is steel.

 

[gunnyr]

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I walked into that one.
Gunny

 

[deerstalkert]

or should it be the energizer bunny?

 

[gunnyr]

or should it be the energizer bunny?

Where you been? This is the one I was thinking about. Couldn't remember who posted it before.
Gunny

 

[deerstalkert]

Where you been? This is the one I was thinking about. Couldn't remember who posted it before.
Gunny

semi paralyzed this last week. too much effort to dig out the file.

 

[mjthornhill]

I fixed a stripped screw hole in a guitar once with a weed stem. Find one close to the hole size and glue it in. They’re already hollow, and are pretty tough. Worked fine.

 

[BlackRock52]

I overtightened one of the screws that holds the butt plate on. What is the best way to fix this? drill out and glue in a dowl? drill a hole up from the toe plate and dowl so the screw has cross grain to grab onto? chop a mortice and glue a small block of wood and redrill a pilot hole? Fill the hole with bedding compound? I want to get this fixed before I move onto the patchbox.

JB Weld

 

[2 shots]

get some maple rod and weld it closed, then retap