# Stripped Screw Hole

**URL:** <https://crucible.hubbe.net/t/stripped-screw-hole/7357>\
**Category:** Off-topic\
**Tags:** helpful\
**Created:** [October 20, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://crucible.hubbe.net/t/stripped-screw-hole/7357 "2025-10-20T03:19:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![MFBoom](https://crucible.hubbe.net/user_avatar/crucible.hubbe.net/mfboom/32/5956_2.png) [@MFBoom](https://crucible.hubbe.net/u/MFBoom)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://crucible.hubbe.net/t/stripped-screw-hole/7357/1 "2025-10-20T03:19:09Z")

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So I got this Dark Matter Vindicator Staff from SaberBay custom installed not to long ago

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WaQ5_8TY2cY/maxresdefault.jpg "Dark Matter Vindicator Staff installed for Michael") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaQ5_8TY2cY)

Haven’t used it much because well it’s a staff & it’s just too big to be playing around with inside, plus the hilt is mostly a lightsaber blade which makes it a tad flimsy.  
Extremely Hard build it seems, but a pretty cheap one for a $90 hilt

Anyways I’ve been showing it off a couple of times & the Screw Holes seemed to have stripped one-by-one pretty fast, only taking less than 10 times of me opening it up to change the battery or turn it off.  
Chassis is a pretty normal PVC one & with all the complex wiring it has mapped in it I figured I’d see if anyone knows of any Fixes for a Stripped Screw Hole before getting my guy to figure out a better chassis & installing it.

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**Author:** ![profezzorn](https://crucible.hubbe.net/user_avatar/crucible.hubbe.net/profezzorn/32/8_2.png) [@profezzorn](https://crucible.hubbe.net/u/profezzorn)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://crucible.hubbe.net/t/stripped-screw-hole/7357/2 "2025-10-20T03:23:24Z")

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FIrst answer is always to tap the hole slightly bigger and use a bigger screw.  
The bigger screws also have stronger hold, which hopefully makes it not strip so quickly next time.

We recently had a whole thread[1] about this: [Re-Tapping a Lightsaber Hilt (Help needed.. Is this my only option?)](https://crucible.hubbe.net/t/re-tapping-a-lightsaber-hilt-help-needed-is-this-my-only-option/6741)

[1]: pun intended