Spinning Screw

[mad fisher]

Well just finished giving the ol shotgun a full cleaning prior to putting it into hibernation for the year.
And low and behold when I went to put on the recoil pad the top wood screw spun out taking some wood with it.

I know the best way to fix it is to avoid doing it in the first place.

But I do have to fix it. Now the obvious would be to just put a bigger screw in but I would have to cut the recoil pad some to get the bigger screw in.

I was wondering if there was something I could put into the spun out hole that I could redrill and start from scratch again??????

Any ideas would help!

Aaron

[Tundra Monkey]

You could try a couple of thin wires in the hole and then put the screw back in....might be enough to make it grab.

tm

[Jason Balesdent]

Two options come to mind, one is Lee Valley sells a small kit with wire mesh exactly for that type of repair. Option 2 is drill out the hole larger, burrow the bit around so the hole widens at the bottom and pack it with 24 hour epoxy and redrill when it dries, hole will be stronger than ever if done right.

[Leverboy]

I have taken apart one of those wire pot scrubbers and wrapped the wire around the screw which will give it enough bite to hold.

[Dick284]

Simple really, just mix up some good no shrinking epoxy like Acraglas, then open the hole to just accomidate a piece of hard wood dowel (3/16" to 1/4")
Cut the dowel to fit just below flush in the hole. Gouge up the outside of the dowel, apply the epoxy, then insert it into the hole. Wait about 12 hours, maybe 24hrs. pilot drill for the screw and have at it.

good luck.

[mad fisher]

Thanks for the info.

The dowel trick sounds like the most permanant repair.
So I will try that.

Thanks for the help!!!!!!

Aaron

[Mulestalker]

Could also try using toothpicks, break one or two in half, cover with carpenters glue, tap them into the hole(pointy end first) packing as many in as possible, let dry ,re-drill and install.

[highwayman]

...or wooden match sticks..........