what kind of screws

[Boodro]

Pre drilling holes is a good idea so you don's split your wood. If you do drill & still split it , I would think you are trying to over tighten the screw. Just my thought. Pre drilling makes the screw go in much easier. Good luck!

[spud233]

just finished td build.i used a corse drywall screw to apply floor to frame,but placed lots of construction glue via caulk gun pior to screwing.as screws were covered i used same screws for walls and roof along with LOTS of tube glue

[GreatPumpkin]

I used 1" drywall screws

I wouldn't use any drywall screws -- they'll split wood spars with ease.

On top of that, drywall screws snap very easily when over torqued.

[claw73]

Huh, I've never snapped a drywall screw; on the TD so far or on any projects in the passed. However I'm not using too much torque on the TD for sure. And I'm flying through my tubes of Liquid Nails. And I couldn't agree more about predrilling everything. All the screws are on the outside, with interior skins weighted and glued. Since I'm epoxy coating all the outside, the screws won't rust. Or at least if they start to rust the ply is done for already.

While I would have preferred not using drywall screws for aesthetics, they were lest costly and the only thing that I could find locally in 1". I'll let everyone know if I go driving off one day and it flies away

[cuyeda]

All this talk about screwing (pardon pun), I started using this set with the insty drive. It really saves time changing out the predrill bit, and the screwdriver.

www.rockler.com

I splurged a bit and acquired this kit. I use a shorter phillips head bit to decrease length of adaptor. Have yet to install any cabinet hinges, but the self piloting drill will come in handy later.


Coupled with a Dewalt impactor/drill takes some of the chore out of building. Otherwise juggling drill guns would work ok, and get a work out at the same time.

[claw73]

Cuyeda, I've worked with those before and they are pretty nice. I stick with the two guns though. Use what I got

[DasBaldGuy]

Huh, I've never snapped a drywall screw; on the TD so far or on any projects in the passed...

I've never snapped a drywall screw head either...I've stripped a few but never snapped one. I use drywall screws for almost all of my build projects (shelves in the garage, bookshelves etc) and have never had one break.

they DO split wood pretty easily so predrilling is a must.

[planovet]

Huh, I've never snapped a drywall screw

Same here. I used drywall screws AND SS screws on my build. Never snapped a drywall screw but I did snap a few SS screws...

[claw73]

Whew! After the initial backlash for using drywall screws I thought I shot myself in the foot. Spent a whole day convincing myself that they were fine but hearing others in the same boat makes me feel a lot better.

[GreatPumpkin]

Whew! After the initial backlash for using drywall screws I thought I shot myself in the foot. Spent a whole day convincing myself that they were fine but hearing others in the same boat makes me feel a lot better.

Sorry if I contributed to your angst over using drywall screws. I use them all the time in many wood projects, but I have snapped the heads off them many times. (It sounds like I'm the only one though.) Knowing that they have snapped on me in the past, I chose to use wood screws in my teardrop project as I thought they would hold up better.

I guess I'm to strong for my own good.