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   woodluc | Jan 01, 2012 11:03pm | #1

   I'm not sure there would be an exact formula to the sawdust and glue trick, as long as its a nice paste and pushes into the hole ok.

   Cutting slivers of wood off some scrap with a chisel and filling up the over sized hole is also a method used. Keep pushing slivers in untill you can't fit any more in. This will give some meat for the screw to bite into.

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   bones | Jan 02, 2012 08:39am | #2

   tooth picks

   I use toothpicks and glue.   Easiest way I found is take toothpicks and I clip one end to give me a blunt edge and leave the sharp ends on the other end.  Take as many together as it takes to tighly fill the hole and dip it in glue and shove em in and tap with a hammer.  When they dry clip em off close with wire cutters and sand to finish redrill your hole and you are done.   Works like a charm.  Never had one fail. 

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   user-64052 | Jan 02, 2012 10:00am | #3

   pencil sharpener

   and 1/4" dowel.  cut it off and with a dab of glue insert it and give it a litle whack; trim it off and start over

   ron

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   geppetto425 | Jan 02, 2012 02:10pm | #4

   I use the dowels, I even have a drill shaped like a pencil sharpener just for this purpose.  Don't mix sawdust and glue, you're just making particleboard and it never finishes right.

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   geppetto425 | Jan 02, 2012 02:10pm | #5

   I use the dowels, I even have a drill shaped like a pencil sharpener just for this purpose.  Don't mix sawdust and glue, you're just making particleboard and it never finishes right.

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   Westchester | Jan 02, 2012 02:21pm | #7

   Fill Holes

   There is a tool in the market place that works well for this.  It is a conical shaped bit for hand use or the drill and matching wood plugs are supplied.  You ream out the hole with the bit and glue in the plug - trim flush when dry.

   SA

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   davidwharbaugh | Jan 02, 2012 02:20pm | #6

   Filling oversized screw holes

   Josh,

   Golf tees work very well for filling over sized holes.  Just put a little glue on the tee an lightly tap it in the hole.  When glue is dry cut off the excess.

     The mix I have always used is to mix 1 part water with 1 part glue and then stir in sawdust until it has a soft clay feel to it.  If you keep it in a sealed jar and it dries out, you can usually add some more water/glue mixture to it and it can be used again.  Make sure you use fine sanding dust.  Regular sawdust will make poor filler and won't  look right.

   David

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   Quickstep | Jan 02, 2012 06:25pm | #8

   I Used Plugs

   I recently had the same problem, except that I had drilled the hole crooked. I used a plug cutter to make a plug, drilled out the "wrong" hole to the same size as the plug and glued the plug in. The plug is face grain, the same as the surrounding wood, so the screw can get a better purchase than in end grain.