The Charlie Brown Chevron Bench

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Comment by Mindi Carwin on January 24, 2013 at 11:10pm

Wow!  Great advice Robert, thanks so much I will head over and check out your projects. I really appreciate your help, I will have to try this in this in the future!

Comment by Robert Brennan on January 24, 2013 at 4:44pm

Opps forgot to tidy up some text "size needed to be deleted, and I should have added that I posted both projects on the site if you wanted to see pictures of the process I used

Comment by Robert Brennan on January 24, 2013 at 4:41pm

Hello and welcome to the Kreg Community Mindi

I took a look at the link you posted for your Charlie Brown Chevron Bench.

You have done well making the bench and finishing it.

You may be interested to know that by using a 90 deg chuck or a small hex socket drive you can get into the small internal spaces and use your Kreg Screws.

I made a "Mushroom Stool from recycled pallet material and used Kreg screws inside  it.

All you do is partly assemble sections normally then use the Kreg bit in a wrench to complete the work.

I recently made a "Dolls Cot" again from recycled material and again because of the small internal dimensions could not use my drill to drive all the screws, only this time my 90 deg chuck would not fit either so after attaching the two sides  I used a small hex wrench to finis the job.

I agree with you regarding the stripping of the screws,its easly done with power tools.

One method I use is to drive them to stop,( as you suggested) then finish by hand in a socket, that way you can feel the exact pressure to want to apply on the screw.

Regards

Robert Brennan

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