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 Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:14 pm |
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| Slavia |
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Say you have a hole in wood that you want to hide, or perhaps you want to relocate a screw. Maple/poplar dowels won't do it, because they stain differently than the surrounding wood and are so hard they deflect drills off-center. If you have a scrap of the same wood you can make a plug to fill the hole.
You could buy a plug cutting set for $25.00 USD:
http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/smarthtml/pages/plgtenon.html
Or you could make a Slavia plug cutter for $1.00 USD.
Using the same drill that made the hole in the wood, drill out a coupling nut that's small enough so the drill removes the threads. Then spin the nut in a drill and grind a bevel on the end to sharpen it (I used a Dremel):
Thread in a bolt, and hammer it into a small scrap of wood:
Use the bolt to push out the plug:
Glue it in, pare it off, and sand it:
If you're expecting frequent assembly/disassembly and you're stuck with the hole, go to the rifle range and pick up some spent pistol brass (it has fairly straight sides). Push out the primer, drill out the flash hole to match the screw, and you have a screw cup to protect the wood:
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:51 pm |
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| Bozo |
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| Excellent suggestions! Thanks for posting them. |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:23 pm |
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| scroller99 |
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| good looking job it even gives it a nice accent |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:04 pm |
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| fritz |
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| Great ideas. You're a master, Slavia. |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:48 am |
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| Alstone |
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I like the idea for ejecting the plug after cutting, better than poking it out of a piece of tube.
Nice one!
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