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Interesting hack - fixing stripped screw holes with hot glue. Wonder if it works.
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Another useful method is drilling out the hole and filling it with matchsticks and wood glue. Let it dry, cut it flat and rescrew the hole. It takes a while longer to dry but I think it might be more secure than hot glue.
I’ve done this with great success on kitchen cabinet hinges. I didn’t drill them out, just broke off wooden toothpicks to match the depth of the hole, covered with wood glue, put them in the hole, then put the screw back in. Works amazingly well.
This is what my grandfather did, and I use the same trick now. Always keep a box of toothpicks with the tool kit.
Great tip:)