I reiterate. Can of gas and a match. Works just about every time.
Door? What door?
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Ian Nichols
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 2:20 PM
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Subject: [OM] Re: [way OT] Household project advice - feedback
On 18/07/07, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I tried the triple square toothpick solution and it did work but not
> to my total satisfaction. The edge of the original holes ended up at
> about the center point of the new hole. Trying to run a drill in only
> resulted in the drill following the edge of the old hole and the
> screws went in quite crooked.
> So I trundled off to Home Depot and picked up two 36 packs of 1/4" x
> 1" fluted wooden dowel pins for (I think) $2.19 each. A 1/4" drill
> into the original hole goes quickly. Follow that with a dowel pin
> with a dab of glue around the end and a few light hammer taps finds it
> flush with the end of the hole. Then I discovered that trying to
> drill a hole with soft wood on 1/2 of the drill and oak on the other
> half still wanted to wander into the soft wood. It went in straight
> but a little off center.
I wonder if it would work better if you drilled another hole and also
filled that with dowel, such that the centre of your new screw-hole is
directly between the centres of the two dowel-filled holes? The
hardness of the surrounding wood would still not be uniform but at least
it would be symmetrical.
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