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   EricPaulson | Apr 27, 2009 11:01pm | #1

   http://www.kregtool.com/information_center/faqs.php?FAQ_CAT_ID=6

    

    

   "When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking." — Sherlock Holmes, 1896

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   Stan | Apr 27, 2009 11:55pm | #2

   But what about when you are using dis-simular thicknesess of material?

   For instance, if my "rail" is 1-1/2" thick and my "stile" is 1-1/8" thick what size pocket hole screw should I use?

   Thanks."Projects beget projects and projects beget the need to buy new tools and that is what the cycle of life is all about."

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   FastEddie | Apr 28, 2009 12:31am | #3

   I would think you would size the screw based on the piece not drilled, so that you don't run the screw out the other side.

   I have seen more than one nich mahogany office deskl where someone relocated it and lost the screws, and the the screw they used to hold the typewriter retun in place was too long, and it came up through the top of the desk.  saw that once for a keyboard tray in the kneespace.  real hard to hide.

   "Put your creed in your deed."   Emerson

   "When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it."  T. Roosevelt

   Edited 4/27/2009 5:32 pm ET by FastEddie

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   AitchKay | Apr 29, 2009 05:33am | #8

   "I would think you would size the screw based on the piece not drilled, so that you don't run the screw out the other side."Bingo.AitchKay

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   EricPaulson | Apr 28, 2009 01:38am | #4

   I'd drill for the screw on some scrap and see how far what length screw sticks out.

   No math involved. 

    

   "When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking." — Sherlock Holmes, 1896

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   Henley | Apr 28, 2009 02:38am | #5

   Yup

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   Stan | Apr 28, 2009 03:09am | #6

   Sounds like this could become an business opportunity.  Develop a matrix, sell it through Rockler or Woodcraft and make $$$$$Millions$$$$$$....life couldn't be any better.....heck, set up a web-site and cut out the middleman...yahoo...$$$$Billions$$$$."Projects beget projects and projects beget the need to buy new tools and that is what the cycle of life is all about."

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   AitchKay | Apr 29, 2009 05:31am | #7

   Millions! Thousands! Who knows, Hundreds may well be involved!AitchKay