MDF Splits!! Pics*

[Big Dee 10+ year member]

Use the right size bit + countersink + drywall screws and you will be golden.

 

[rippinitup7 10+ year member]

could be a few things...

wrong size drill bit, hole not deep enough, too close to the edge, overtightening the screws, etc.. biggest mistake though would be disassembling the box. once a box is built--it's built.

btw, i also recommend countersinking the screws.

 

[pitbull12888]

amen lol.. i didnt need mine no more so i just burnt it instead of takin it apart, of course wasnt sober at the time

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

i remeber the first time i bought goriila glue... didnt realiaze it expands so i put a sh!t load on my rat-trap car for Physics. and it fizzed up like no other....buy hey I won 1st place //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif

kick ***!

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

good lord, WHEN will people learn. It seems every screw|glue thread ends up the same. I've repeatedly said screws in boxes AREN'T NECESSARY. Now you know why. I hope others see this and realize you don't need wood screws in a clean cut MDF box.

-im out.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

you can use screws if you dont have air for a crown stapler/etc.

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

you can use screws if you dont have air for a crown stapler.

patience and clamps have been my way until this last box. We used a brad nailer for time's sake. I still sent two splitting the wood.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

wood glue...screws just act like clamps so you dont have to leave the clamps on

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

patience and clamps have been my way until this last box. We used a brad nailer for time's sake. I still sent two splitting the wood.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

the new boxes?

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

wood glue...screws just act like clamps so you dont have to leave the clamps on

did you not SEE what just happened with screws??? screws FTL.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

well i do more FG work. so no real use for clamps and stuff... hehe

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

the new boxes?

yep. first ones I've used anything other than glue and clamps to hold it together at any stage. We've waited quite a while in winter for joints to dry too.

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

well i do more FG work. so no real use for clamps and stuff... hehe

dang you.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

did you not SEE what just happened with screws??? screws FTL.

i got screws and wood glue on mine, then all the corners & edges are sealed with Big Black C0ck

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

i havent built a rectangle shaped box in forever.