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How can you attach metal screws holding a metal frame into a wooden table once they've come loose?

Presumably the thread of the screw has been obliterated. I was thinking of putting some super-strong glue into the hole, but this has to not set before the screws have gone in and the hole is quite sticky as it is with no glue at all. It also has to be super-strong to support a heavy table so it doesn't come loose again. Would superglue be ok, or would some type of epoxy glue be better or do you have a better idea?

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1. new holes or bigger screws. you can fill the holes and re-screw but it wont be very strong.
2. There is wood filler, kinda like plaster. Or mix sawdust with white glue, that works! Larger screws that bite into the wood as well as the filler would be much sturdier.
3. buy some steel threaded inserts, then you can press or pound them in and use machine screws. The inserts should hold well - they are made to expand when you tighten the screws.
4. Fill the hole with wood glue ( elmers white glue works also ) Fill the hole with wooden toothpicks, driving the last few in with a hammer reassemble and let dry before putting any stress on it
5. gorilla glue!!!!
6. A simple fix-use some wooden match sticks and wood glue to fill the enlarged screw hole. Buy some new screws of the right size and reattach the base to the top once the glue has dried in the holes.
7. dismantle everything, fill completely with some strong filler that the shop will advice you with, let it set, sand it flat, drill some holes a tad smaller than the screws, fit longer screws so they'll go byte into the wood. Refit everything. Or if you want to do a better job, you can make some metal brackets that are well wide, screw them into the table and on the other side you can bolt them to the metal frame.
8. knock a piece of dowel in to hole ..cut off flush and re fix screws