All right, after overhauling a stripped out Speed Graphic with hardwood dowels and one size larger screws, I'm looking for some opinions on an upcoming project. I just acquired a 5x7 Agfa/Ansco from the late 20s/early 30s. The wood seems very solid, but as I'm going to be replacing the bellows and cleaning everything up, I am going to want to remove a good number of wood screws to clean up the hardware. I have already noticed a handful of screws that seem to have stripped out their wooden holes. I am toying with the idea of drilling out the stripped (possibly all) of the screw holes, inserting machine screw inserts, and replacing the original screws with machine screws.
Has anyone around here done this before, and if I should proceed, what caveats do I need to be aware of?
Thanks,
William
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