In article 9VE9d.112$Rp4.87@trnddc01, says...
For those that haven't been following my saga, I'm a newbie taking an adult
ed class. I've chosen to make a bookcase for my project.

So I have all of my pieces cut to size and am ready to put it all together.
I plan on using woodscrews to attach the pieces. I'm also planning on
"sinking the screw head into a larger hole" (not sure what to call that) cut
with a forstener bit and cutting my own plugs to fill in the hole. So now
on to the questions...

1) What size forstener bit should I use (knowing I need to match the plug
cutter)? Most of the panels are 3/4" x 10.5" x differing lengths.

2) How deep should I cut the forstener "hole"?

3) Sanding - should I sand all my pieces before attaching the pieces with
the screws? I ask because I know I'm going to have some additional sanding
after cutting the plugs off in the screw holes. So do I sand everything
first and then just re-sand the plug areas? Or do I wait and not sand until
the plugs are in?

If it makes any difference, I'm going to need to do some evening on the
panels I glued together (there is a little variation here and there that I
need to make flat) - either with heaving sanding or trying to hand plane to
flat.

Thanks for the advice.





What you will be doing is counter sinking the screw heads. A fosner bit
is the long way around. You can get sets of drill bits and matching plug
cutters that will do the job nicely for you. Then all you have to worry
about is the size of the screw. I like #8's Robertson screws (square
drive) for general usage.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to get the heavy sanding out of the way before
assembly then all you have to do is some clean up sanding when you are
done.

Good luck.
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MikeG
Heirloom Woods
www.heirloom-woods.net