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Default Triton pocket hole screws, what am I doing wrong?

On Sat, 17 Oct 2020 14:31:24 +0100, Andy Burns
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MM wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

http://www.tritontools.com/Helpers/GetImage.ashx?type=InstructionManual&size=&name=35 5399_MANUAL.PDF


I'm not using that model, I'm using this:
http://www.tritontools.com/en-GB/Pro...e%20Jigs/T2PHJ


The manual for that model also shows board thickness down to 13mm with
1" screws.

http://www.tritontools.com/Helpers/GetImage.ashx?type=InstructionManual&size=&name=78 5737_MANUAL.PDF

It should work. 1/2" thick wood is supported after all. And my timber
is actually, at 15mm, a tad thicker. It might work if I could find
shorter screws, but Triton's only go down to 1".


There is a support phone num in the PDF, maybe they've changed the screws?


I've filed down the proud bits! Didn't take long at all. Then I glued
in the plugs and am waiting for the glue to dry. After I've sawn them
flat with the Japanese pull saw tomorrow, I'll whack the orbital
sander across the plugs. One may see a small bit of steel showing
where the screw heads are, but one could say (to any nitpickers) that
they are a "feature".

These frames, by the way, form a low "wall" around each of my pull-out
shelves, to stop things from sliding off. I started using 25mm thick
wood in the beginning, but switched to 15mm, because the thicker wood
looked out of proportion*. 'Course, with 25mm thickness the screws
would have fitted nice and snugly without poking out!

*
https://www.goldeagle.com/wp-content...1-1280x720.png

Yuk!

MM