I have been tasked with repairing the leg of an oak coffee table, which was originally held together with both screws and glue inside of a
1-1/2" tall apron. The leg was damaged during a move, revealing a couple of somewhat stripped screw holes, and an original lack of glue in the joint.If it was up to me I would just glue it properly, but I have been asked to also use fasteners, so that is what I will be doing.
I was originally planning on going up from the original size 10 wood screws to a size 12, but now I am wondering if I could instead repair the stripped out screw holes and still use the size 10 screws; this would keep me from having to redrill/resink the legs.
I have seen holes in softwoods repaired by mashing pieces of wood into the hole, but would something like that work in oak?
Is there any way to repair a stripped out screw hole in oak, or should I just plan on going to a larger screw?
Thanks for any suggestions,
Jon