As a professional woodworker, I use screws and nails every day ... and truthfully, I hardly give them a second thought. When you think about it on a deeper level, though, nails and screws literally ...
Q. When we nail near the end of a piece, or nail or screw in the side edge, we often see a small split created by the fastener. Why is this and what can we do? With MDF, the fastener in an edge seems ...