Help: Fixing Plywood Coffee Table

Affix blocks beneath the plywood shelf, fasten as appropriate, and paint
them black or stain them. Lay and fasten the shelf upon the blocks.
Black paint or marker will hide so much stuff, even scratches in brown
stuff, it's unbelieveable. Try it.

Besides replacing the whole panel, can I use the wood filler to fill
up the holes and cracks and rescrew the holes? Will it hold?


[email protected] (Tom) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Remove the screws, remove the ply bottom, and make an exact copy of the panel
> with some new ply. Color/paint/stain to match, pre-drill the screw holes, and
> screw it to it.
> >[email protected] (Christine)
> >Date: 09/02/2003 4:29 PM US Mountain Standard Time
> >Message-id: <[email protected]>
> >
> >My plywood coffee table the other day. I put too much stuff on the
> >top of the bottom panel which was held by 4 screws to the side panels.
> > Because it's too heavy, the screws went through the bottom of the
> >holes, not only cracked the plywood but also broke it so holes can no
> >longer hold the screws. What's the best way to fix it besides throw
> >it away? Will wood filler work in this case?
> >
>
> Someday, it'll all be over....

Unlikely that wood filler will be strong enough. There is epoxy filler which
would be string enough, but it is not that easy to work with.
Why not just fill the old holes and put the screws in a different (unbroken)
part of the table?

-Jack


"Christine" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Besides replacing the whole panel, can I use the wood filler to fill
> up the holes and cracks and rescrew the holes? Will it hold?
>
>
> [email protected] (Tom) wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Remove the screws, remove the ply bottom, and make an exact copy of the
panel
> > with some new ply. Color/paint/stain to match, pre-drill the screw
holes, and
> > screw it to it.
> > >[email protected] (Christine)
> > >Date: 09/02/2003 4:29 PM US Mountain Standard Time
> > >Message-id: <[email protected]>
> > >
> > >My plywood coffee table the other day. I put too much stuff on the
> > >top of the bottom panel which was held by 4 screws to the side panels.
> > > Because it's too heavy, the screws went through the bottom of the
> > >holes, not only cracked the plywood but also broke it so holes can no
> > >longer hold the screws. What's the best way to fix it besides throw
> > >it away? Will wood filler work in this case?
> > >
> >
> > Someday, it'll all be over....