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Default Strippimg screw heads

On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 18:16:09 -0500, Stan Brown wrote:

On 02 Jan 2011 16:55:40 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

In t Stan Brown
wrote:

I'm sure there's something really basic that I'm doing wrong. Can
anyone tell me what it is?


Try drilling a pilot hole.


Good thought, but I do that routinely. Maybe I'm making the hole too
small relative to the diameter of the screw -- is there a guideline?


Print this chart out: www.wlfuller.com/html/wood_screw_chart.html
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