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The holes could be tapped before shaving down the wood, and then screws with less thick threads could be used. That would prevent splitting and still provide a
by throwaway892238 3y ago
The holes could be tapped before shaving down the wood, and then screws with less thick threads could be used. That would prevent splitting and still provide a secure connection.
- avar 3y agoThere's better and worse ways to do this, but in the end wood is just inherently unsuitable for things of this size. Any screw needs to "grab" onto the side of the hole it's drilled into, when that screw is going through a cylinder that looks to me 1-3mm in diameter it'll only take so much force before it'll snap. And that's assuming that you get lucky with the material, you might run into a knot in the wood, in which case it would just fall apart without any force being applied to it.
- throwaway892238 3y agoI've made small woodworking projects by hand with clearances like this. You just need to understand the grain and type of wood and be careful. Once it's assembled it'll be strong enough for general use.