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Lew Hodgett
 
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Default what are the best screws for Melamine Board?

bdeditch wrote:

What are the best screws to use with Melamine Board, it seems that
woodscrews strip out very quickly.


You can't get there from here with wood screws IMHO.

There are some options as follows:

1) Use coarse thread sheet metal screws rather than wood screws.

2) Drill an oversize hole(1/2"), then glue in a 1/2" dowel. Drill
pilot hole in dowel for screw.

3) Drill an oversize hole (1/2"), then fill with epoxy thickened with
micro-balloons. When cured, drill pilot hole for sheet metal screw.

Option 3 is by far the most complex; however, it is also the strongest.

Lew