[CAUT] front rail delemna

[Mark Cramer]

Hi Wim,

an easy stripped-screw repair for the "not a very good woodworker" is the
cross-dowel repair:

Drill through the hole from the side (use masking tape for a depth guide),
knurl the dowel a bit, glue it in and saw it flush.

Now you can drill through the side of the dowel, via the original screw
hole, with a bit equal to or slightly larger than the root or shank (screw
diameter, less the thread) of the wood screw.

This repair presents the grain of the dowel in the correct orientation for
strength, and usually provides just enough wood to hold a thread, in
non-critical applications.

I've often used hammer shanks to repair those doomed-to-fail end screw-holes
on spinet/console music rests. (thanks to a PTJournal contributor)

best regards,
Mark Cramer
Brandon University




  -----Original Message-----
  From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org]On Behalf Of
Wimblees at aol.com
  Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 11:32 AM
  To: caut at ptg.org
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] front rail delemna


  In a message dated 3/8/2006 11:25:12 AM Central Standard Time,
hoffsoco at luther.edu writes:
    I've routed out the slot area and lain in new wood to make a new tight
    slot.  That way I don't confuse myself when I go to remove the keyslip.

    BTW, this one's also in a practice room... ;-}

  I thought about that, but I am not a very good woodworker.

  Wim
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