Problem: Getting Kreg 1" coarse screws to hold in 1/2" Baltic birch

Bay Area Dave

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Apr 6, 2003, 12:51:33 AM4/6/03

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I've tried setting the holes deep enough to where the tip of the screw
nearly breaks the surface and still can't put much torque on the screw
before it strips. I've stripped about 4 out of about 24 screws that
I've driven, using a torque limiting Makita.

What's a good solution, guys?

dave

David F. Eisan

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Apr 6, 2003, 3:08:02 AM4/6/03

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Dear Dave,

<snip, Craig striping Baltic's>

Use the cordless to just start the screw into the second piece, then sink it
by, ack, hand.

Thanks,

David.

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Martin

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Apr 6, 2003, 8:29:53 AM4/6/03

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> What's a good solution, guys?

A Screwdriver.....

GeeDubb

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Apr 6, 2003, 10:58:59 AM4/6/03

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Sorry Dave.....but bag the pocket screws and use some glue a damn brad
nailer! Sometimes it's ok to be like Norm........<(;-}

Or use a screwdriver like others suggested.......but you would have been
finished by now with the brad nailer.

Gary

Leon

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Apr 6, 2003, 11:24:14 AM4/6/03

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"Bay Area Dave" <da...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> To All:
>
> I've tried setting the holes deep enough to where the tip of the screw
> nearly breaks the surface and still can't put much torque on the screw
> before it strips. I've stripped about 4 out of about 24 screws that
> I've driven, using a torque limiting Makita.

Hard to say but that is a hard wood and the coarse screws are made for soft
woods. You should at least use a fine thread screw on this wood. Also set
your torque setting down lower. Sometimes you will have to tighten by hand.

Robert A. Gramza

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Apr 6, 2003, 4:14:20 PM4/6/03

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Screwdriver ?....You mean that little blunt chisel thingy ?

Bay Area Dave

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Apr 6, 2003, 4:41:56 PM4/6/03

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Leon,

Are you saying that the Baltic ply is hard? I DO know that you are
supposed to use coarse on soft and fine on hard, but in my naive state,
I was "assuming" that all plys would get the coarse screws. If the
Baltic is hard, then AGAIN, you have found my solution.

dave

Leon

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Apr 6, 2003, 5:01:47 PM4/6/03

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Well Dave, Baltic Birch plywood, if what you have is in fact the Real McCoy,
is totally constructed out of hard wood Birch. All 9 ply's if using 1/2"
The true Baltic Birch is imported form the European region and is often
copied but with softer woods... HD commonly has the inferior softer product.
Still, since the screw is only going in 1/2" and the "pointed drilling" end
of the screw does not have much holding power, you may still have a few
problems with thin wood applications.

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Bay Area Dave

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Apr 6, 2003, 10:19:33 PM4/6/03

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Leon,

I got it at Aura Hardwoods. 9 ply. Shoot, I thought the pocket screws
were going to be great for this app. Do you think I'd gain much by
getting the fine thread screws if my material is what you think it is?

dave

Leon

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Apr 6, 2003, 11:08:27 PM4/6/03

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Hard to say Dave.. When I build drawers with Baltic Birch I rabbet the
"sides" front and back. glue and "brad nail" .

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