Making a trip to home depot...

[cjosisek90 0]

When drilling into the mdf boards, it seems to split every time when i am screwing in i think there deck screws...

Can anyone help me out and tell me what kind of screws to get for this project!

Thanks,

Curt

[tezin87 0]

I used 1-5/8'' drywall screws and pre-drilled all holes. Minimal splitting, only if I got too close to the corners or too close to the edge of the board.

[Tmax98 3]

pre drill for the FTMFW

[johnecon2001 82]

I try not to use drywall screws if possible, as the heads seem to snap off really easy. At least on the black kind.

1 5/8" is the size though. Look for wood screws or anything else in that length really.

[bjfish11 35]

I dont think the choice of screws is your problem. I use deck screws and have 0 problems. Just make sure you are predrilling with the proper sized bit.

[danracer 0]

on my last box i used 2" robertson screws and they worked really good the wood didnt split anywhere (i pre drilled)

[cjosisek90 0]

yes i did predrill, and i have my answers...Thanks for the replies!

Curt

[kandiman71874 0]

a 3/32nds countersink set up works great once ya get the hang of how deep to countersink