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<blockquote data-quote="accuab" data-source="post: 7529133" data-attributes="member: 622869">it&#039;s not that I would screw directly into the side. It&#039;s putting a screw through the face of one and into the end of another. I really was doing my test all wrong cause I was putting the screw a little too far in for my test and it was getting to where the screw expands near the top. I&#039;ve got most of my box built now with no splitting that I know of. I still don&#039;t know why the brad nailer was splitting it though. I thought maybe that without the face to shoot the nail into first, the end of the board was taking the blunt force of the air pressure. With shooting it through a face before going into a end of a board, the velocity of the nail is slowed down before it hits the second piece.I&#039;m much more accustomed to using a real sheet of wood than mdf so I had to get used to using it again. I wasn&#039;t used to having to deal with wood splits. I don&#039;t think I have built anything with mdf in like 8 years. I did see online mentioning those screws that TaylorFade mentioned and they do seem to be good just not worth the price.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="accuab, post: 7529133, member: 622869"] it's not that I would screw directly into the side. It's putting a screw through the face of one and into the end of another. I really was doing my test all wrong cause I was putting the screw a little too far in for my test and it was getting to where the screw expands near the top. I've got most of my box built now with no splitting that I know of. I still don't know why the brad nailer was splitting it though. I thought maybe that without the face to shoot the nail into first, the end of the board was taking the blunt force of the air pressure. With shooting it through a face before going into a end of a board, the velocity of the nail is slowed down before it hits the second piece. I'm much more accustomed to using a real sheet of wood than mdf so I had to get used to using it again. I wasn't used to having to deal with wood splits. I don't think I have built anything with mdf in like 8 years. I did see online mentioning those screws that TaylorFade mentioned and they do seem to be good just not worth the price. [/QUOTE]

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