Carpentry question.................

[4AudiQ]

I need your experience.
I need to move a strike plate out from a door jam only about 1/8".
What do you use to fill the old hole so that the screw will not wander
back into the old hole?
Thanks for any responses.

 

[photoman9]

Glue in a wood match or tooth and break off the excess. Then put in your screw.


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[Notgrownup]

Tooth picks or a dowel rod

 

[willymakeit]

Tooth picks and glue. Put glue on tooth picks, place them in hole, snap them and redrill. The tab that's in the strike plate is meant for slight adjustment also. You can bend tab one way to tighten door or back to loosen door.

 

[venturesomerite]

Wood glue and a dowel to fill. If you fill with wood putty it can compress and wood will split when you put a screw really close.

Be sure to pilot the new screw hole, use a nail punch to mark your hole dead on before drilling. Be sure not to pilot too big.

 

[the gypsy]

I like to use bamboo skewers for shish kebabs instead of toothpicks. they don't break as easy and fill the hole better.

 

[never enuf time]

Bend the tab first, use a vix bit to make new hole

 

[AndyCBR]

A dowel rod and wood glue to fill the old hole. Cut it flush when dry and start over.

As another poster stated a vix bit can help you maintain the new center but it can be done without with some care and finesse.

 

[PelicanPines]

If you are cheap like me... get extra chop sticks when you get take out. It's amazing how many times I have used them to fix a hole.

 

[The Cobbler]

another vote for wood glue & dowel. I drill the hole to clean it up, undersized slightly so the dowel fits snug ( slight tap with hammer) and glue the dowel. tap it in flush and voila!
a set of animal nail trimmers to cut the dowel .

 

[James-W]

I did one a long time ago where I had to use a Forstner bit to drill a larger hole and then put in a wooden dowel with glue. Worked quite well if I do say so myself.

 

[FullRaceMerc]

I have always just shaved off a corner of whatever lumber was laying around. Drove in 1 or more shavings as needed. Recently I came across a bunch of these:

Wooden golf tees.

 

[tymbo]

Why not open up the hole in the strike plate 1/8" instead of moving it?

 

[rharman]

Pointy end of a skewer or core it out and fill with a dowel. Personally, I'd go the skewer route. In fact, I just bought a 100-pack a couple of weeks ago for stirrers, applicators, etc.