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Stripped Screw Holes & Plastic Cable Ties
By Mike Knudsen

In 040505 MMDigest John A. Tuttle writes:

> (By the way, I did the experimenting at the shop, and I purposefully
> stripped out a screw hole with a power drill.  It also dawned on me
> later that plastic screw anchors are commonly used with sheet rock
> [wall board], which is not nearly as strong as wood.  Hmmm!)

Thanks very much, John, for your experimental analysis.  Makes sense
to me, and I have plenty of cable ties around too.

Now the next question is:  Might we use the plastic drywall anchors
themselves?  These might be harder to remove later when a professional
job is desired.  And their own heads may interfere with the usual
flathead conical wood screw's head.  But it's such an obvious thing to
try, funny we didn't think of it before.

Again, not to be used where there's a chance of splitting the wood.

Mike Knudsen


(Message sent Fri 7 May 2004, 16:58:40 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  Cable, Holes, Plastic, Screw, Stripped, Ties

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