[EricH]

Originally Posted by philso

Some (many?) of you may have had wood screws strip out. If so, remove the screw and drip some thin (not gel) cyanoacrylate (super) glue into the hole and wait for it to set. It soaks into the wood and makes the wood swell a little so the screws have something to grab. The CA will make soft wood as hard as maple or oak so the screws won't strip out again.

Forgot about that trick--it's great for a quick hardening of wood when you're building a model airplane. (Actually, add a little when the screw is in there--that'll really make it hard to get the screw out.) Just don't stick your fingers together, it hurts.