24 Sep
2010
24 Sep
'10
1:59 p.m.
On 2010 Sep 24, at 12:37 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 24 Sep 2010 at 13:31, William Donzelli wrote:
I don't know if it is still on the market but there are/were pieces of
thin tin punched with a grid of rough-edge holes available for this.
Cut off a little strip or two and slide down the screw hole to
'recreate' a thread. Instant and quite effective.
MInd you, the new wood screw will hold, but not
well, because there
just is not much good fiber left. This trick does not really work with
metal - no fibers, obviously.
Thank you for clarifying, Will. May I assume that since most plastic
isn't fibrous also, that it wouldn't work (well) on that (the
original topic, after all)?
I have to admit that I'd just carve a wood splint to fit, dip it in
some glue and drive it into the hole, cut it off flush and treat the
situation as if there was no hole to start with.