superunknown":3p6ihap2 said:
I have just started using Reisser screws, I can recommend them.
http://www.reisser.co.uk/
Plus one here.
Can you test/check on an offcut?
As any fule kno, chipboard emerges fully formed and dripping green bile from the Orc forges of Isengaard, after which an army of goblins incant a strong and carefully-timed succession of bending, warping, splitting, swelling-up and tool-blunting curses, before it's sent to certain well-known 'sheds' for onward delivery to its victims. And many have thus fallen prey.
And the floorboard tongues fall off when you look severely at them.
A wise hobbit drills a set of test pilot holes of different sizes to see what works best with the veryexactsame screws he uses first, including devious tugging, thumping-at-a-funny-angle and bending manoeuvres, to ensure his chosen fixings are strong enough to break the spell, permanently.
Or he uses Corian...
PS: if it's
your worktop, paint the back and front edges underneath (and next to any joints) for about two or three inches, with polyurethane to seal it. I don't trust the back finish on the cheap stuff (is there any other?), and it'll spoil her day proper when it goes manky. Pros don't do this because sealant joints never leak and stuff never drips off the edge, so I'm being paranoid. You could do the cut ends too, if you're scribing to the wall, but I'd test first to check the chosen sealant doesn't cause swelling in its own right(!). Or use Corian...
