Screwed up screw holes

Any twist-drill has a conical tip. There are also the special tapered bits intended for old-fashioned wood screws.

NOT! For an in-place (not removing the hinge or door) repair, toothpicks (with or without glue) are the clear winner. They're

-instant- fixes. Although I'm sure it's a nice fix, epoxy takes time to cure before use.

For the purist, wood dowels beat epoxy fairing putty.

-- Some people hear voices. Some see invisible people. Others have no imagination whatsoever.

Plastic wall plug? Now that is something I will try. I have always used a birch dowel and glue. Also drilled center of dowel to avoid cracking it. WW

Stock #C5 50 Wood Screwhole Restorer Cones Adhesive Activated Natural Wood

use reamer tool to enlargen old hole wet tapered plug wait 30-seconds to activate adhesive pound it in "Repair is now complete"

Northway Enterprises Inc Moose Lake, MN 55767

I'ts been so long, I have no idea which catalog/store it came out of. I've used it maybe 3 times but, lucky for you, most recently this past weekend!! Comes with a hollow-handled reamer tool and maybe a dozen cones. I think I bought extra, but obviously never needed 'em since my little plastic drawer is still almost full.

john

It's a 'locking taper'; pressing the plug self-clamps it when you glue it into place. The hole, too, is going to be a more accurate shape than with a standard twist drill doing a cylindrical hole. The conical cutter isn't as quick, doesn't pull chips out as fast, but it makes an accurate mating surface and is insensitive to the guidance of the drill. Center drills for machining metal are likewise more accurate in hole shape than twist drills.