Greetings
I've noticed that when driving a #8 x 1-5/8" construction screw into the end grain of a 3/4" Baltic birch plywood panel, the plywood has a tendency to split. While I've drilled a small pilot hole/countersink in the piece I'm attaching to the plywood end, I haven't actually drilled a pilot hole into the plywood end itself -- these screws are supposed to be self tapping. I thought that perhaps I should just grab my trusty #8 pilot/countersink bit and drill a pilot into the end grain. So...has anyone else had this problem when driving large diameter (#8 or larger) screws into the end of plywood? If so, how did you solve it?
Thanks,
Stephen