Particle Boad screws

This is what cross dowel nuts are for:

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Joe Gwinn

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Joe Gwinn
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A cross dowel is used to join two pieces of wood. That's not what I needed to do.

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gary

The issue was how to get strong threads in particle board. Cross dowels are used for this, in lots of cheap furniture.

Joe Gwinn

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Joe Gwinn

Cross dowels (with connector bolts) are used to make strong joints when two pieces of wood are joined at a right angle.

But I need a way to attach a bracket to the face of a particle board so the screws don't pull out of the particle board.

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gary

I already tried sheet metal screws but they just pulled out of the particle board under normal "keyboarding".

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gary

New holes or the existing (and probably) larger holes from the original euro screws?

If you used the original holes without any filler, I'm not at all surprised that they pulled out.

BTW, you could use elevator bolts flush mounted through the top and call it a "design feature". ;-)

This one is silver, but they come in black and bronze colors also:

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DerbyDad03

While they are how do you get them in place in an existing desktop?

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J. Clarke

gary wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:

You might try sheet metal angle brackets like you can get at HD/Lowes. And glue.

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Baxter

I don't have a drawing of the desktop, but assume that one can drill holes.

Alternately, I've used a bit of sheet metal with threaded holes and a machine screw from the other side.

Particle board just isn't that good a material for wood screws and the like.

Joe Gwinn

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Joe Gwinn

With a drill? Not sure what your question really is here.

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krw

"Mike Marlow" wrote in news:mo1lp1$n7b$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

I think he's saying that working the keyboard, not pushing the drawer in and out, is the problem. Perhaps he's an excitable typist, and pounds the keyboard :-)

John

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John McCoy

I drilled new holes for the sheet metal screws. The sheet metal screws were the size of the holes in the bracket.

Re: Elevator bolts: I don't want to drill the holes all the way through the particle board.

The screws pulled out of the particle board when I was typing (not when sliding the keyboard shelf in and out).

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gary

I drilled new holes for the sheet metal screws. The sheet metal screws were 5/8" long and 3/16" in diameter O.D.

The screws pulled out of the particle board when I was typing (not when sliding the keyboard shelf in and out).

Re: Elevator bolts: I don't want to drill the holes all the way through the particle board.

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gary

gary wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:

Don't predrill, just put the screw in. Sheet metal screws usually have pretty decent heads, so they're easy to start with the appropriate screwdriver. (If you're using Phillips head screws, make sure you have the right size. It will likely be a #2. To check, put the screw on the driver and try to wiggle it around. If it moves easily, the driver is too small.)

Puckdropper

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Puckdropper

He's fastening a keyboard drawer to the bottom of a desktop. That typically means that he needs four fasteners, two near the edge and two

6-12 inches from the edge. Are you proposing that he manage somehow to drill a straight 12-inch deep hole into an existing particle board desktop from the edge, so as to put in the cross-dowel? If not, then what are you proposing?

And if he objects to fasteners showing on the top of the desk, do you really thing that holes drilled in the edge are going to be any more acceptable?

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J. Clarke

Can you make due with a fastener that goes all the way through? You may sleep better?

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Bill

Good luck with your project.

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DerbyDad03

...or rests his arms on the keyboard (or the desk in front of it), like I imagine most of us do.

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krw

There is some confusion about exactly what he needs. Is he attaching to the bottom surface or the front edge?

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krw

Not sure if anyone else has suggested this, but it seems to me, he should epoxy a piece of real wood to the underside of the desktop and then use normal wood screws.

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FrozenNorth

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