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My old boss in Dayton told me to always pre-drill oak or it'll split, and I ignored him for 2 years until a $900 custom cabinet door cracked on install day
What's the dumbest shortcut you've ever tried to save 10 minutes that ended up costing you a whole afternoon?
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the_kim7d ago
Heck, I'll be the one to say it, but pre-drilling isn't always the fix people make it out to be. Half the time your bit is dull or you're running the drill too fast, and that's what splits the wood, not the missing hole. I've sunk thousands of screws into red oak with a good impact driver and sharp screws and never cracked a thing. Your boss was right about that cabinet, but he was wrong if he thought a pilot hole covers up bad technique.
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