| I have to make a storage cabinet which will be suspended from a | garage ceiling. It'll be | fifteen feet long and quite heavy. One thing I definitely don't | want to do is use drywall | screws in the construction; some brands even come with a label | warning not to use | them in shear strength situations. I've seen screws in bulk that | look like drywall screws, | but fatter, for wood applications. What I'd like to find is a good | source for mild-steel | flat head wood screws on the internet. Those GRK screws are great | but I don't know | if they're "snappable" or not.
You might find one of my projects of interest...
My garage is more or less a 10-1/2'-wide stall in a long row of poured concrete garages. I set a 2x6 across the backs of the side walls - and proceeded to use my (then) brand new Kreg jig to build a suspended wall (of 2x4's) down to and even with the top of my work bench. The top half carries wall-to-wall doorless cabinets with adjustable shelves and the bottom half is covered with pegboard for tools. The cabinets are used for everything from house paint to auto parts; and the pegboard holds most of the hand tools I keep at home. When I built it, I thought it'd be a good test for pocket joinery.
It's been rock solid for five or six years now - and isn't showing any sign of weakening.
It might be worthwhile to consider using pocket joinery and Kreg or McFeely washer head screws.
-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA
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