The machine hinge screw holes on the Singer Treadle that I got at auction yesterday have been stripped out, larger screws inserted, and one of them is now even stripped out. I want to go back to the normal screw size.
If I haven’t said it before, I really do suck at cabinetry work. I just never got into woodwork much, and it simply doesn’t appeal to me. With that said, I am trying a solution to the stripped-out screw holes on this cabinet that is new to me, and possibly everyone else too. Formerly, I would have broken a couple of pieces of toothpick off into the hole and tried to jam the screw in with them, but that doesn’t always remain a tight connection, especially if the screw is moved for any reason. So, with limited resources here in my Bike Shop, I decided to fill the holes and re-drill them later.
First, I stuck a piece of masking tape to the underside of each screw hole. Then, since I didn’t have any wood powder, I mixed a small amount of Carpenter’s Yellow Wood Glue and ground walnut shells in a paper cup. The walnut shells are what the wife uses to fill her pincushions that she makes. The shells are about the consistency of large-ground salad pepper. Then, I filled each hole with the mixture by sort of “tamping it in” with a small flat toothpick. I didn’t overfill the holes, so that I can still see the center of the hole to drill them out once the wood glue has had time to cure.
I’ll let you know how it comes out in a couple of days....
CD in Oklahoma