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Fasten Wood with Structural Screws

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Do screws win this test? #framing #carpentry #testing

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What happens here

Take two pieces of wood and align them carefully on a stable surface for fastening. Using an impact driver, drive a structural screw through the top piece of wood and into the bottom piece, ensuring a secure connection. The screw should be fully embedded and the two pieces of wood should be tightly joined. This assembly will serve as the first test sample for the shear strength comparison.

Goal: Prepare a wood sample joined by structural screws.

Tools and materials

  • Impact Driver Milwaukee — Driving structural screws into wood
  • Structural Screw GRK — Joining the wood pieces together for the test sample
  • Wood — The material being joined

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We got a sheer test, structural screws versus nails. The nail held, but it only made it to about a ton. The screw snapped, but it made it to 4 ton. They both bent, but

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