good tip on the Beeswax. Thanks
--- On Fri, 9/9/11, Dave Uebele <daveu@sptddog.com> wrote:
> From: Dave Uebele <daveu@sptddog.com>
> Subject: Re: [DIY] which nails/screws to use
> To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, September 9, 2011, 11:02 AM
> 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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