"george - dicegeorge" wrote in message
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I'm replacing a few old split rafters with new ones,
made of new 'green' oak.
Someone said use stainless steel nails because of corrosion from the oak.
Should I drill pilot holes in either wood?
Would some kind of screw be better or worse?
[george]

You will need pilot holes in the old oak anyway, I can tell you that.
Nails just bend without.

And steel is corroded by the tannic acid in oak.