Locker knob will not not tighten on screw

[Moggaman]

Hi. Locker knob has come off. It just twists endlessly on the screw sticking out.  Any of ye knowledgeable folks know an easy fix pls. Thanks

[Tennentslager]

Stick a matchstick or two in the knob and tighten gently

[Simplysimon]

araldite it on

[ProDave]

Or a squirt of something like Sticks Like Sh*t into the hole, screw it on loosely and then wait a good while for it to set.

[Jeremy Harris]

I've recently found that superglue is very good for this.  Takes a bit of patience, but dripping superglue into the hole in the knob, with it propped up to the hole is facing upwards, will very effectively harden the wood around the hole.  It takes a while for the superglue to cure sometimes, but once it has, and the wood around the hole is nice and hard, adding a bit more superglue to the screw thread, and then screwing the knob on pretty quickly, usually results in a pretty strong repair.

 

If you can use two different types of superglue for this, a low viscosity one to soak in and harden the wood, and a higher viscosity one on the screw thread, to fill the gaps better, then it will be a bit easier.  Having used loads of different types of superglue, I'm now sold on the EverBuild stuff stocked by Toolstation, amongst others.  It seems to have a reasonable shelf life, but best of all the nozzle on the bottles doesn't seem to get clogged.

[Temp]

7 minutes ago, JSHarris said:

It takes a while for the superglue to cure

 

Google zip kicker. 

[Jeremy Harris]

3 minutes ago, Temp said:

 

Google zip kicker. 

 

 

Should have mentioned that, as I had a spray can of it, plus the same stuff in a thing like a fat felt pen, when I was fixing our oak architrave mitres with high viscosity superglue.  BTW, I can strongly recommend hidden fixing architrave this way, worked a treat, no problems at all in the ~5 years since I fitted them and no fixings visible.

[Moggaman]

Thanks everyone.... toothpicks did the job and it is fairly stiff....?

[Jeremy Harris]

7 minutes ago, Moggaman said:

Thanks everyone.... toothpicks did the job and it is fairly stiff....?

 

 

Ooh, err.. not sure about stiff knobs on a family forum like this....  ?

[Ferdinand]

12 minutes ago, JSHarris said:

 

 

Ooh, err.. not sure about stiff knobs on a family forum like this....  ?

 

Certainly not at our average age...

[Tennentslager]

Speak for ones self Ferdy?

[Big Jimbo]

1 hour ago, Moggaman said:

Thanks everyone.... toothpicks did the job and it is fairly stiff....?

You are just posh.... Toothpicks.

[Ferdinand]

2 hours ago, Tennentslager said:

Speak for ones self Ferdy?

 

Couldn't possibly comment, and girlf says she is too frustrated to say anthing ?.

 

And I assert that I am below average in this respect. You could check my FB but I lied to them in the interests of preventing ID fraud.

 

 

Edited November 2, 2019 by Ferdinand