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Mr_Sworld in reply to @Airhead

Knock a matchstick into the hole and start again

Used to do this, then used to put 9mm round softwood stick in, glue and rescrew.

Now I buy hardwood golf tees, glue, cut off the top and rescrew.

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Airhead in reply to @Mr_Sworld

Did you have a lot of failures with the matchsticks? I am used to doweling but usually only where I've had to cut a broken screw out.

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Mr_Sworld in reply to @Airhead

Mostly because I have to deal with rated fire doors. So the hinges have to be G13 grade and the screws have to be Stainless Steel.

The usual trick with normal doors is matchstick /softwood and works really well.

Firedoors have to be a bit more guaranteed.

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