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wrote:

If you use modern screws such as Screwfix's Turbo Gold or Turbo Ultra
I doubt you'll need a pilot hole at all. I've not drilled a pilot
hole in years and I haven't split anything yet after driving a huge
variety of sizes (from 3 x 10mm up to 8 x 120mm) into a wide variety
of sorts of wood.

Agreed. Wickes do thier own version called Easy Drive or something. I used
80mm and 100mm ones to build a pergola, screwing straight into side & end
grain with no splitting at all. No pilot hle.

Dave