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Fixing stripped screw-holes
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:36 pm
by Noirie.
Need help here.
I stripped a couple of screw holes around my jaguars pickguard, how can i fix this?
Re: Fixing stripped screw-holes
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:38 pm
by endsjustifymeans
Noirie. wrote:Need help here.
I stripped a couple of screw holes around my jaguars pickguard, how can i fix this?
Jam some tooth picks in there and re thread it.
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:38 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
do the old haze trick...
drill it out a bit, fill with wood glue, cram a golf tee in there, and cut it off. let it dry, screw away...
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:46 pm
by othomas2
or matchsticks and pva !!
pick guard screws thread all the time on the jap fenders... I wouldn't worry too much.
I would say the golf T method is a bit drastic for this....
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:50 pm
by Noirie.
So you just put glue down the screw hole and then shove a matchstick/toothpick/whatever...
And then re-drill the hole??? WTF I'm confuzzled as fuck.
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:51 pm
by endsjustifymeans
Noirie. wrote:So you just put glue down the screw hole and then shove a matchstick/toothpick/whatever...
And then re-drill the hole??? WTF I'm confuzzled as fuck.
Really? It sounds like you know exactly whats going on.
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:55 pm
by cur
I would to the toothpick and glue thing, but do not drill for a small pick guard screw. Just screw it right into the patched hole. Toothpicks are soft.
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:57 pm
by endsjustifymeans
cur wrote:I would to the toothpick and glue thing, but do not drill for a small pick guard screw. Just screw it right into the patched hole. Toothpicks are soft.
I use a little modelers hand drill, works great. Though you should be able to just screw it in, careful not to strip the screw though.
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:13 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
christ, i hardly meant drill... i guess hone would be a better word? something to make the hole big enough to put whatever in it that you're using to 'fill' it. wtf, sex is everywhere.
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:57 pm
by othomas2
Noirie. wrote:So you just put glue down the screw hole and then shove a matchstick/toothpick/whatever...
And then re-drill the hole??? WTF I'm confuzzled as fuck.
Squeeze the Pva into the hole.
Push a matchstick in.
Wipe excess glue away.
Space for another match stick ? ... then push another in.
wipe away excess glue again... (if needed)
Leave to dry.
Screw the the strap button straight in... no need for drilling !!
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:03 pm
by Noirie.
Awesome, will get started on this tomorrow
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:10 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
othomas2 wrote:Screw the the strap button straight in... no need for drilling !!
thought we were talking about pickguard screws?
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:58 pm
by robroe
fuck pickguard screws
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:59 pm
by robroe
wow that photo is ooooooooold
black switches ftl
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:29 am
by More Cowbell
FUCK GLUE. Just get a toothpick and shove it in the hole, break it off clean at the surface and insert a screw. IT will work fine. Luthiers do it.
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:29 am
by endsjustifymeans
More Cowbell wrote:FUCK GLUE. Just get a toothpick and shove it in the hole, break it off clean at the surface and insert a screw. IT will work fine. Luthiers do it.
endsjustifymeans wrote:Jam some tooth picks in there and re thread it.
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:30 am
by Will
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:54 am
by Mages
fuck all that glue shit. completely unnecessary. just put like a little sliver or two of wood in there (like pieces of tooth pick or chop stick or something) and just screw it in.
edit: ok, yea what cowbell said.
