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Default Floorboards - nail or screw?

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
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In article ,
R D S wrote:
11/2" or 2" number 8 or 10 countersunk - you can either use the
old steel slot-head screw or the new-fangled phillips or
pozi-drive twin-threads (my preference even though I'm an 'old
timer').


Is there anyone in the world who prefers slotted screws?


Oak floorboards on display screwed down with slotted brass screws
with the slots all lined up...


Agreed. I have replied elsewhere in the thread with the same answer,
including a link to where to get them in boxes of 200 at a v.
reasonable price.

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