Repairing Stripped Screw Holes

[sbattisti]

Posting this here because I don't think it reaches the bar of "woodwork."

We have a lazy Susan kitchen cabinet. The upper hinge screws are stripped. The piece of wood that the screws go into is pretty thin, and immediately on the other side of it is the dishwasher. Both the screw holes and the back side are pretty torn up at this point from repairs by the previous homeowners. We were thinking of doing the usual fix with matchsticks/toothpicks/wood dowels and wood glue, but the whole thing just looks pretty unstable.

Is there anything you would recommend we do differently to rebuild this into a stable enough state to support this frequently-used hinge?

 

[Traced]

Posting this here because I don't think it reaches the bar of "woodwork."

We have a lazy Susan kitchen cabinet. The upper hinge screws are stripped. The piece of wood that the screws go into is pretty thin, and immediately on the other side of it is the dishwasher. Both the screw holes and the back side are pretty torn up at this point from repairs by the previous homeowners. We were thinking of doing the usual fix with matchsticks/toothpicks/wood dowels and wood glue, but the whole thing just looks pretty unstable.

Is there anything you would recommend we do differently to rebuild this into a stable enough state to support this frequently-used hinge?

Well you're certainly past the point where toothpic repairs would be of any use.

Get some quality wood pieces and rebuild it. A hand blade/saw to make the surfaces fit the wood pieces, and make sure you use a proper Titebond type of glue.

 

[sbattisti]

OK, thank you. That sort of repair may be beyond my skill level. Wouldn't begin to know how to do that.

Do you essentially cut out the mangled section and glue in a replacement piece of wood?

 

[Marv]

Well you're certainly past the point where toothpic repairs would be of any use.

Get some quality wood pieces and rebuild it. A hand blade/saw to make the surfaces fit the wood pieces, and make sure you use a proper Titebond type of glue.

Posting this here because I don't think it reaches the bar of "woodwork."

We have a lazy Susan kitchen cabinet. The upper hinge screws are stripped. The piece of wood that the screws go into is pretty thin, and immediately on the other side of it is the dishwasher. Both the screw holes and the back side are pretty torn up at this point from repairs by the previous homeowners. We were thinking of doing the usual fix with matchsticks/toothpicks/wood dowels and wood glue, but the whole thing just looks pretty unstable.

Is there anything you would recommend we do differently to rebuild this into a stable enough state to support this frequently-used hinge?

Try grinding up some wood into sawdust and mix that with a good wood glue until you have a thick paste. Force the paste into the broken area and smooth it out with the original surface. Let dry and drill new holes to match the hinge.