Re: [DIY] which nails/screws to use

Wax, yes. Soap NO. The soap attracts moisture,
and cause the screws to rust faster. Dad learned
this the hard way, taking apart stuff he had
put together with soap. A chunk of beeswax or
an old candle stub is a good thing to have
in the tool box.

Drilling or blunting the nail, its ways
to avoid the screw or nail acting as a wedge
the blunt nail crushes the wood fibers rather than
splitting them. Screws should hold better in a
pre-drilled hole, so the threads can cut into
the non drilled part of the wood.

If a chart isn't handy. I'll hold up
a drill to the screw, find a drill about the
same diameter or a little smaller than the inner
shank of the screw. Though there are supposedly charts
that even differentiate between hardwood and softwood
pilot hole sizes.

dave
On 09/08/2011 08:54 PM, ray wrote:
> You can also wax or soap the screws to help them screw in easier after
> drilling a pilot hole.
> Ray
>

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Dave Uebele (daveu@sptddog.com)

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