Originally Posted by Phil Bleazey
There is often trouble caused when screwing in to wood on outdoor jobs. The corrosion one is obvious but less so is the fact that hardwoods will get a really good grip on the screws after a few years and stainless in not very strong giving rise to screws breaking off when you try to get them out - I have a solid oak camper van and the stainless screws invariably snap off when I want to get them out. A good alternative is something like this :- https://www.tcfixings.co.uk/main/pr...mm-Wood-To-Metal-Furniture-Dowels-BZP/1. You can then use anti seize compound on the nuts or better still stainless dome nuts.



yes! I have had brass screws snap just trying to get them on oak furniture I was making

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