Move screw-hole 2mm

[Joe Shmoe]

Hi folks.

Need to move several screws 1/2mm across from their existing location. What's the best product to fill the holes so I can redrill pilot holes only slightly adjacent.

Existing holes are 4mm x 40mm deep if that has any relevance.

 

[Racers]

The same wood that it’s made from, I split off some wood trim it down to the approximate size dab of glue and hammer it in.

Pete

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Half a mil or one to two mil?

 

[Droogs]

You could drill it out and plug it with the same wood and then redrill if in an area not going to be seen. A lot of the time if you just fill the hole and redrill for such a short distance the drill bit will invariably find the original hole and follow that. I find putting in a proper plusg is much better

 

[Steve Maskery]

I'd drill out to 8 or 10mm and glue in a matching plug. That way you are still screwing into face grain and there is no chance of the drill wandering back into its original position. Using a centre punch like you would with metal helps with that, too.

 

[mbartlett99]

As it happens just this second took delivery of a 25mm walnut dowel from G&S Timber who do quite a few species, if not try plugitdowel.co.uk

 

[Steve Maskery]

The problem with dowel is that you are screwing into end-grain, so it's not as strong and more prone to wander as you drill.

 

[mbartlett99]

Ok some truth to that in which case buy plugs.

 

[Joe Shmoe]

Sorry, forgot to mention none of this will be seen, so was thinking if it's possible to fill with some kind of strong filler for convenience?

 

[Claud1]

You should have said that in the beginning as any of the afore mentioned would do