On 7/7/2014 8:31 AM, Anthony wrote:
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Like I said in my OP i did get the screw through the bulk pw and a
half inch ot the screw is showing ...my problem is getting that part
of the screw into the other pw. I predrilled a hole there and now its
a matter of holding the wood which is awkward, to meet that
pre-drilled hole . In the meantime, the unthreaded part of the screw
is not able to go through ..was I suppose to 'soap' that part too?

While you don't say what the two pieces are, sounds like

a) you simply don't have enough torque in your driver, and

b) to compensate, you need to predrill a pilot hole for the shank in the
first piece--a screw will not pull the piece tight to the second if the
two aren't tightly together to begin with because the threads remain at
the same relative spacing. Only the fortuitous case of stripping the
threads in the top piece while the bottom ones hold will bring the two
together when the head comes in contact; and that doesn't happen often
enough to count on.

It's rare, however, with PT lumber it's hard enough to be a problem
unless it's very old material in one or the other pieces--new stuff from
the 'yard is generally full of water and quite soft.

Or, of course, just nail 'em instead...

OBTW, you don't mention the style of screw you're using -- that and what
the actual work is could help to envision the problem.

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