Builder's question. Holes too small for dowels?

JC777

JC777

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Wood glue, wood filler, or other suggestions?
There's no finish to worry about at this point.
 
What are the holes for? Screwholes can be made usable with toothpicks dipped in glue, neck screw holes can be enlarged and filled with dowels...wood putty is fine for filling unused screw holes but if a screw is going in it not so much...
 
When I did finish carpentry, we used the old style wood stick cotton swabs. Just stick the wood in the hole and break off the excess at the surface. A bit of glue helps.
EDIT: This is for when you want to use a screw in the same hole but need more wood for it to grip.

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you could drill the holes out a bit bigger.

i recently filled a few holes that were really small. I took a hardwood dowel and kind of splintered it off with a knife, then sanded it to shape until it fit real snug. then I dipped it on titebond and shoved it in the hole, and put some more titebond over it.
let it sit overnight then clip off the excess and sand flat.





 
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What's the hole?
I either use the "stuff it with a stick and some glue" method if I'm tightening a loose wood screw.
If it's really bad, I'll drill it out to the next size dowel and fill it but good!
 
Small screw holes - tooth pics
Bigger screw holes - kebab sticks
Even bigger - dowel territory

And I agree that drilling the hole a bit bigger so that it fits a dowel really well is often the most pro option.
 
It's going from a traditional Tele bridge 4 screws to a TOM-Stop. It'll be a solid finish. I went to the local shop and even the smallest dowel was too big. I though about toothpicks but it would require several and there was still some gap.
I like the kebob an wooden q-tip ideal. I'll try that next.
I didn't want to drill a larger hole but I guess I can fall back to that if I have to.
Thanks guys.
 
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