On 08/30/2012 04:20 PM, David Kaye wrote:
"Jon Danniken" wrote

I just use the screw itself and give it a little tap from the
screwdriver's handle.

I've cracked wood that way. And in other situations there wasn't enough
bulk in the handle to make a starter hole.

If the wood is so delicate that tapping the screw is going to crack it,
using an icepick isn't going to give much different results, and the
fastener requires a pilot hole to be drilled (which is the best method
in the first place).

Jon