Choosing Woodworking Screws Woodworker s Journal
25 3 2016 nbsp 0183 32 Once the point has pulled a wood screw down into the material it s up to the threads to continue driving it the rest of the way in Conventional wisdom has always been that screws with fine threads are best for hardwoods oak cherry maple birch etc while coarse threaded screws drive and hold better in softwoods plywood and composite sheet