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[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

Guess Im a "n00b" since I use screws... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

I don't think he meant people who use screws are noobs but people who think that they are the main structural support of the enclosure. If you believe that, you may just be a noob!

 

[audioarsonal 10+ year member]

Thanks Immacomputer..That's excaty what I was trying to say.

I wasn't bashing anyone,just stating it all comes with experiance.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

I don't need to //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif I never have my MDF split when I predrill with a 1/16 bit.
What size do you normally use, 1/8?

1/8 or 7/64 only. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

I didn't say that "if you use them your a n00b"!What I said was "if you think the screws are the main fastener not the glue your a n00b."I said I use screws myself.So I would e calling myself a n00b.

I knew what you were trying to say, but thats just now how it read //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif I was just messing around anyways.

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

1/8 or 7/64 only. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

ONLY. Really? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

ONLY. Really? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Hell yeah son, you want to predrill the diameter of the shaft of the screw. The flange is what does the actual gripping, so the less the main body of the screw has to push on, the better. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

Hell yeah son, you want to predrill the diameter of the shaft of the screw. The flange is what does the actual gripping, so the less the main body of the screw has to push on, the better. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

LOL, I know. Im in the shit giving mood today for some reason. But, also, I dont use drywall screws.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

LOL, I know. Im in the shit giving mood today for some reason. But, also, I dont use drywall screws.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif I wasn't talking to you anyway; I don't think I need to tell you how to assemble an enclosure.

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

yea.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

LOL, I know. Im in the shit giving mood today for some reason. But, also, I dont use drywall screws.

What do you normally use?

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

I use a deck screw. Basically the same as a sheetrock screw, but a slightly more coarse thread and uses a square drive head instead of a regular phillips.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

I used the square heads on hot tubs, strip the bejesus out of them!

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

I used the square heads on hot tubs, strip the bejesus out of them!

hmmm, thats strange. Thats part of the reason I still use them, I have 0 problems with stripping. Were you using the square bit? Some of the screws have a "combo" head, which has a square drive and a phillips. If you try to use the phillips, they ****.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

square head, #2 bit. Most of the screws we use on them are like that. The Hot Springs rep said there's no possible way we can strip them, I proved him wrong. Not on purpose though.

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[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

LOL, well that sucks. Is your drill speed on hi? Maybe Hot Springs is just giving you guys some crappy screws.