I'm a seasoned carpenter and I've never myself, nor met another carpenter that carries golf tees in their tool box.

in all the years I have been around I have never seen any carpenter carrying any golf tees.

My dad taught me this with tooth picks when I was younger rather than yelling at me for drilling in the wrong spot. It was a nice change lol

Rub some of the lead of your pencil on the end of the striker, close the door, activate the handle a couple times, and it will leave a mark exactly where the plate needs to be. Just do it right the first time. I've been a nail banger for 40 years and never heard of using golf tees. You always have some piece of wood around, so peel off a slice and use that if you need to.

I just cut a sliver off a shim or anything I got laying beside me. A few times I even grabbed a stick out in the yard and used that.

Super good tip Ben and yes I add glue. Aside from golf tees the dollar store is a great place to find assorted wooden plugs and shims, everything from wooden skewers to large popsicle sticks ( I use those as shims along with vinyl siding samples pilfered from the big box store)

"Don't smash the like button feather it." I like that thank you.

when your in the middle of nowhere and find a nail in your tire , A golf tee can be your best friend then as well. I had a little gasket sealer in the trunk too so that helped seal it till I got home . I drove about 80 miles back home that night on a golf tee LOL . it held up the whole next day also but come Monday morning it was off to get it patch , I figured i'd pressed my luck enough . the look on the guys face when he pulled a golf tee out of my tire was priceless ! once he stopped laughing he looked at me with this serious look and said well that's it , i'm adding a bag wood golf tees to the tool kit in the trunk of my car today . he didn't even charge me for the patch , he said the story behind it all was payment enough.

My grandfather was a carpenter most of his life as is my dad and I've never heard of this. They always used a center punch beforehand on decorative projects. Not a bad tip though.

Strike plates!!! I've done that one. I used toothpicks and wood glue. Like the golf tees better though. Always enjoy your vids!! Take care, THANKS!! 👍👍

This is probably the best tip I have seen. Never even thought about golf tees for this I been using a dowel rod and sharpening it with a utility knife. This seems much easier.

I've been a handyman for 18 years and never heard of this. Many times this could avoided a headache. What a great idea thanks!

Bamboo skewers, toothpicks, wooden matches. I’ve used them all. The true measure of a carpenter is how they manage curve balls that different jobs throw to them. Patching other folks mistakes and correcting bad designs are also part of the job description that never comes up in an interview.

My father was a master carpenter and electrician for 27 years here in new england. And I remember as a kid always wondering why he had these wooden nails in his tool belt he'd wear on his hip. Id've never put 2 and 2 together if I hadnt watched this video.

Nice tip brother.. so many times adjusting door catch plates with crazy methods. Golf tee is a good one!

I like how you mouthed “yes“ and “science world“ to your daughter - very cute. And a great tip about the golf tees!

Bamboo skewers work well and don’t have any finish on them, they will swell slightly. Also they can be driven in deeper.

Window and door guy here!! Put lipstick on the deadbolt after the handle strike plate is set. Couple turns when the door is set and you have a perfect imprint that’s real easy to see and just whip off after! Works every time! Thanks!

And to think I've been using wooden matches all these years.

Great tip! You should also use self-centering drill bits. Bosch has a nice three-piece set that will cover virtually all hinges and strike plates.

I’m a carpenter for 17 years and I learn everyday.great video.

It's good to have some with you on remodel jobs. On older buildings sometimes the doors have been changed so many times that the hinge screws don't hold anymore. Golf tees to the rescue.

I've always used golf tees for the door hinges. Once they get loose you can't just tighten the screw, use a golf tee. 👍

Brilliant! I've used toothpicks and glue in the past but this is way more useful.

If you smear lipstick on the end of the deadbolt then open and close it a couple of times with the door closed you'll mark exactly where to mount the plate.

Another gem tapped, spackled, feathered, sanded and finished by the Vancouver Carpenter - y'a gotta be makin your Dad proud. Thanks so much for your great content. CANADA Gyprocs!!

Thanks. Reminds me of dealing with composite cabinets when the door connections rip out of the frame especially on bottom cabinets. This happens when people open the cabinet door & lean on the open door to reach inside the cabinet. I use tissue paper or paper towel & wood glue. Stuff the hole. Replace the screws. Stronger than before. Thanks.

i came here through your skate channel. you are a great guy and your way of explaining things is helpful, fun and informative. thank you for all you do.

Awesome 👍 I've used toothpicks for yrs. But I will definitely include this in the kit. I can see a 100 application's in my mind instantly. Most important cabinetry. Aligning knobs. Perfect 👌 thanks

Bamboo skewer's are what I use but I like this too, thx VC

Cool! I have a packet of thin dowels I've used for the same purpose. The golf tees are more hammer-able.

Wood match sticks - toothpicks - golf tees- dowel Rods. Little wood glue. I like them for repairing door hinges- have also used them in saddle repairs

AWESOME and Thank You.....here I was using the wooden matches with the heads busted off for my door strike plate changes and such!

Now I know what to do with all those too short golf tees. Went with longer ones a couple years ago. Improved my chances considerably. Thanks.

Worked around quite a few carpenters and never known one of them to ever carry a golf Tee

Very nice. I'm just a normal homeowner. Whenever I found myself in a similar situation, I would always slap a little wood glue on some toothpicks and hammer them into the hole. Toothpicks are easier to come by in my home than golf tees.

I always carry some large wooden "stove matches." They work good.

Holy crap! I've murdered many a door jam fixing out of whack strike plates, and now this?? This is awesome. I almost feel compelled to go back and fix the trail of shabby repairs I've left, lol.

Good idea. I usually just carve off the corner of some 2x material.

I'm sitting here, social distancing,....and enjoying so many of your videos....

I used to use old wooden arrow shafts like this. They are made of Port Orford Cedar and have excellent qualities for retention. We used them to repair downhill ski binding holes on wood core skis. It worked amazingly well, old school knowledge from the shop master handed down from 10th Mt. Division ski gurus (mostly Austrian and Swiss guys). Golf tees look like a great solution too.

Round Toothpicks---pound in as many as it takes to fill the cavity....You can also combine the Round Toothpicks with wood glue---Good for tiny and big holes---For wood rot, use JB weld watered down with Acetone. It will soak into the rotted wood and make it solid..

Great idea! I've used them for door hinges before when it gets stripped out but I'm adding your trick to the tool box also!

Square peg in round hole the concept works great, I use shims for same premise that way I don't have to to worry every morning about whether I remembered my golf tees or not.

I used to carry a small piece of dowel for this purpose. Met a carpenter long ago in AZ who saw me fixing a hasp hole with a dowel, he showed me the tee trick and I have used it since.

I’ve always used tooth picks. Never thought of golf tees. I’ll throw a few in the kit👍

Good stuff here. I am a pro hardware installer and I use 1/8" and occasionally 3/16" dowel with no glue with great success. There are always pieces in my tool bag because I do this all the time. Pound it in. Drill it out. Always pre-drill screw holes. Two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time and this will keep doors from splitting down the edge, etc. Good video!

Thought you looked familiar. I recently ran into your skate vids. Right on. Stay safe during these crazy days man

Excellent lesson. Learned another new trick there! Your drywall vids are right down the fairway too!

I feathered that like button like I feather my edges. 👍🏻

so now i know why my dad had his golf tees out when he was working around the house. this video just brought back old memories, lol

Hickory drumsticks work great for bigger holes. Golf tees are also great for plugging vacuum or coolant hoses when working on machinery.

I’ve learned a great deal of knowledge watching your videos, thank you.

Carpenter for 30yrs. I carried some round toothpicks, wooden match sticks and I had a few wooden dowels. Always in my toolbox.

"Got my screw back on the line! What? Oh don't mind that gouge from the saw."

LOL. I have this exact problem. I was going to get some sawdust, mix it with glue to try and shove it in the old screw hole. I thought about toothpick with glue as well. But that tee sure seems to fit nicely. Thank you! And @3:23 that really made me LOL.

That's awesome. I've used toothpicks and wood glue in the same application on cabinet doors, but this is a whole lot easier.

Thanks for the video, good info. I have used tees to plug holes in my floor where cables had been run into my house. Also good for wedging, like helping to keep my foundation vent covers in place.

As a builder it drives me crazy when I see impact drivers being used to install a 3/4” screw into softwood. They are for framing and deck building. Find stripped out door hardware all the time Stop the madness

That is a fantastic tip!! I’m going to use it to fix my strike plates now!!

Call your local locksmith. Tooth picks works also. You also need a roto zip with a carbide grinder bit. Grease on the end of the bolt will mark the hole well also

Nice! Its rare that I learn something new on KZfaq when it comes to woodworking. But learning has occured lol. I think I'm gonna put some golf tees in my install bag for fixing holes.

I’ve use bamboo BBQ skewers in the past never even thought of golf tees. Great tip 👍

Great idea, I've always used kitchen matches, but they're mush softer. From now on, it's golf for me. Thanks, love your videos

Ive used a carbide burr for adjustments of lockset plates. I learned something new with the golf tees today.

very common problem with doors as a painter always running into loose or poorly installed strike plates and hinges i actually use chopsticks till they are gone usually with a dab of glue i like them because they are a little tougher of a wood but now i will have to throw a bunch of golf tees in the mix to expand my options thanks for the vid

I waited that whole video for you to hold up a golf tee to that big golf ball in the background! How could you miss that golden opportuni-tee!?

I use dowel pins + gorilla glue to re-attach hinges. The result is almost always a stronger attachment to the frame, which often fixes the problem (people pulling the door off it's hinges by slamming them violently) for good.

Phew..I thought my carpenter was a murderous golfer.

Ha! That's brilliant! Thanks for that tip, you the man...the Carpenter Man

I've never met anyone who used golf tees but I will for now on. A lot of times I use sticks from someone's yard or toothpicks. Or put a nail in and screw next to it but it doesn't grip on the nail side as well as using wood. Thanks for the tip.

You can buy dowels from a craft store and do the same. They usually come in a few feet for a dollar and change and you can cut several hole fillers to length without much waste.

I’ve done this when I’ve needed to but with tooth picks. Thanks for the tip man!

Nice method. Idid a few of those in my time what a good fix for a real PITA job! Thanks for the info...I've got a door job on Friday!

Also wooden matches for smaller holes. My main use of tees and wooden matches was always as a hole filler and wedge when a screw hole got sloppy and the application required reusing the same screw. Good content!

I’ve had this problem with screw pulling out of door handles in lightweight internal doors. Great idea

I'm glad you posted this because I literally had this issue with a blown out hole. MDF door. Going to try.

Razor knife and a scrap of oak works very nice. Also a burr bit in drill will open the strke plate a little. Unfortunately my house likes to move around seasonally so I get to practice this.

Measure twice, cut/drill once. Lol☺ Great tips, thanks!

Thank you, that was a fantastic bit of information, always looking for information to help make me look like I know what I am doing.

Amazing tips, never thought of that. Dabbled with chopsticks on occasion. Also, solid field trip idea. Science world sounds great!

Nice! Down in the southern hemisphere, we use chunky bamboo skewers exactly the same way. :-)

A good idea, here in the uk we use matches best wishes chris.

I'll get some tees, just raid the local golf club! . . . However, I think that I'd use a spur bit for the new hole. Easier to hit the mark. Also, it was nice to see you working on the type of home that I usually get . . . lotsa coats of paint.

Or when you first install the striker only put 2 screws in diagonal to each other so that if you need to move it you still have 2 holes that aren't drilled?

Wow this brought back memories of my trip to science world last July when I came to Canada for 2 weeks. The golf tee thing was good too. 😁

I actually blew my phone screen when you left all the dust on the wood. Blew it twice. Lol

Gonna go buy some golf tees now. Keep up the great content.

Bbq skewers work really well. Toothpicks, match sticks, and a shim shaving are other good options. Never seen a golf tee used before.

In Taiwan, we use similar method but with different material. We use disposable bamboo chopsticks. Why these? Every bento (lunch box) comes with these chopsticks and even if you don't buy bento, they can be found at any convenient store in Tw.

You remind me of Adam Corolla, also that door hitting the jamb bothers the hell out of me

Match sticks work very well too and you dont need to drill a larger hole to do that trick. I had a bunch of new hardware for cabinets and every new one was slightly off from the old ones so the holes didn't match up. I would break a match stick off in each hole and drill to the inside or outside of that new wood and it worked every time, even if it's off by just a little.

years back carpenters an masons would use tree branches / small wet sticks to hang fasteners into brick structures....for example hanging working shutters on a home...they would drill into the mortar ..hammer a stick into the hole and then hammer in the clip or hanger ..as the wood dried it would act as a adhesive...

I have a big box I got at an estate sale a few years ago. I use them for loose door hinges more than anything.

I had noooo idea you had a second KZfaq channel that’s wild, I just knew you as the sickest shredder in Canada

Alternative title: Why do tradesmen use the grocer's apostrophe? ;)

i normally keep a selection of wooden dowel pieces for this but the golf tee is a cool idea

Ok, going to Amazon now to buy golf tees. Thank you!

Also great idea if you need to hammer drill concrete and use a typical screw to mount something. Hammer the tee home and use a wood screw.

I keep them for the exact same thing strike plates and I find that the top hinge come loose a lot with just short screws tees help a lot