Bluestreak Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 I had a screw break off deep in one of the mounting holes on a guitar neck. In order to retrieve the piece of the screw, I had to drill the neck hole out, larger than it was meant to be. Then using a Dremel, I slotted the top of the screw fragment and just "unscrewed" it from the neck. Now I'm left with an enlarged hole mount in the neck. I was thinking of drilling the hold considerably larger and using a dowel and some Titebond to repair the hole. Would that work best, or would filling it with a 2500-psi epoxy be a better idea? Any ideas/comments appreciated. Thanks, -Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylanwad Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 I've heard of people filling in old screw holes in necks with dowels before, it should work. Dunno about the epoxy. There will be far more experienced posters along in a while, they'll let you know for sure. Slotting the fragment was an inspired move! I'll have to remember that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluestreak Posted February 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Slotting the fragment was an inspired move! I'll have to remember that one. I beat my head against the desk for a while to think of that one! I have a lot of fragment extractors from many years of working on engines, but they were all WAY too big to retrieve the broken #10 screw. What really torques my beanie is that I was almost ready to start installing the hardware and wiring the electronics. This little setback is gonna take a few days (and a crapload of four-letter words) to sort out. Gettin' there... -Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 the problem with dowels is that the wood grain is going the wrong way (usually the length of the dowel). Get yourself a plug cutter so you can cut your own dowels from a scrap of maple with the grain going the right way. a 10mm plug cutter with matching 10mm forstner drill bit will take care of it good and proper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 +2 A conventional dowel will strip out quite easily, since you'll be screwing into endgrain. Like Wez sez. a plug cut dowel with the grain correctly oriented is the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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