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Dale beat me to it but I agree with his recommendations.  My father taught me many years ago that pre-drilling and counter sinking is the best way to go on any piece of wood.  A simple way to counter sink is just to use a larger bit to create a recess for the head of the screw.  Of course there are countersink bits that work best, just giving you options.

Tim

Jess Cave wrote:

 

Dale ,Just pre-drill the plywood and even the particle board and that will prevent the plywood  or the particle board from splitting or breaking . Also use a countersink bit to make the flat head flush and smooth.   Jess --- On Wed, 9/2/09, Dale Erwin <dale@casaerwin.org> wrote: From: Dale Erwin <dale@casaerwin.org> Subject: [flasah] Plywood To: flasah@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 10:11 PM   I know a lot of you guys also are pretty handy with woodwork and thought someone here could probably answer my question. I know screws don't work so well with particle board, but am wondering if they are OK to use on plywood. Any ideas? I'm trying to design a console for the top of my desk to hold my leather tools. I have found an amazing computer program that is very easy to use that allows me to draw these things in 3D and the drawings can be rotated a full 360 degrees in all directions. It is called Google Sketch-Up... and it's free. There is also a pro version one must pay for, but I don't find the free version to be what I would call "crippled." -- Dale Erwin Av. Circunvalació n CEC-2 Los Girasoles de Huampaní Lurigancho, Lima 15, PERU http://www.casaerwi n.org E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.1.0.447) Database version: 6.13180 http://www.pctools. com/en/spyware- doctor-antivirus /

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