One thing to keep in mind though: The less wood you remove, the more
strength you retain. I still don't agree with the prevalent feeling for
the need to pilot the screw hole. It's soft wood, not metal !
Rand E.
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Surely you jest! There are 20 doors to be done. And one skill I have
> never acquired is the ability to resharpen a chisel to a razor edge. My
> hammer and chisel work usually beats the wood into submission rather
> than cleanly cutting it. Actually, I'm not worried about the strength
> of the wood holding the screw, only the difficulty of trying to drill a
> new hole whose center point is sitting on the edge of the existing hole.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Wiliam Wagenaar wrote:
>> If you are worried about the strength of the half overlapping holes and
>> screws, you can also chisel out other parts of the door and place the
>> hinges there. With a good chisel it would take bout 5 minutes per hinge
>> to relocate it about one inch up or down. The only extyra thing you have
>> to do is paint over the parts of the doors and frames that were formerly
>> covered with hinges.
>>
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