Maloof rocker with a stripped screw

http://www.grkfasteners.com/en/PHE_0_R4_information.htm

GRKs rock, you might want to give them some consideration when doing your fine
woodworking projects. Nice rocker yellowtruck 75!

COOL TRICK!

Thank you!

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

Any particular reason you were using stainless screws? Will you continue to use them?

Kindly,

Lee

-- "...in his brain, which is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage, he hath strange places cramm'd with observation, the which he vents in mangled forms." --Shakespeare, "As You Like It"

Thanks for sharing. My experience with stainless screws is that they are to soft and tend to strip out or break.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

When I use stainless or brass screws I buy the same exact size screw in steel if available. Pilot the hole and run the steel screw in first, let it thread the hole, then replace it with the softer screw. A little parrafin on the threads helps as well.

-- Fine Custom Woodwork since 1978

I can’t see a brass screw being used in a Maloof type chair… It must be a strong screw… brass is not strong.
IMHO…

For other projects, the steel / brass combo works great!

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

Nice advice! Thanks!

-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive

Nice save!

I use deck screws from the BORG. Dry Lube screws from McFeely’s are also a good option.