How to use a wood screw correctly

Blew my. Did 3.5 years of woodshop, and have been fixing stuff around the house for a while, but some how I had never been down this. This blew my little mind.

I appreciate this video. I'm making my first subwoofer box and don't work with wood very often.

Definitely the proper way to make pilot holes. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you; this was extremely helpful! I always complain that I am genetically deficient (having not been born a boy) when it came to simple tasks like this. In my time, these skills were taught to boys by their fathers - not to daughters. Now that I own my own house - and do not have a husband - I am repeatedly frustrated by the fact that I don't know the simplest skills, like how to select the proper drill bit for drilling a pilot hole into wood for a particular sized screw. I watched your video and then hung an outdoor thermometer (which needed 2 little pilot holes for 2 small screws) by my kitchen window beautifully!!! Your instruction was clear, simple and made a lot of sense. THANK YOU!!

Thank you very much for taking the time to make this.

Thanks! I know it seems simple but, these things still must be learned!

Thank you! I am just about to start making wooden bookshelves for kids and this video helped a lot!

Thanks a lot. I learned from your experience. I used to screw the nails without drilling first. Many times the wood pieces break. Now I will drill the woods and hopefully I will succeed.

I was concerned about the topic, but SO glad I watched it thru. I am a true neophyte who WANTS to be a woodworker, but I had no help from a father who was no handyman (but a great housepainter!), and learning without any training makes my desire to be a worker of wood a difficult process. Thanks for a great video, and my woodworking will definitely improve. Such a simple topic, but without knowledge, many things are difficult.

Im not even a wood worker, but I did assume that it was common sense to use a smaller drill bit compared to the screws that were being used for joints. Thanks for validating this for.

Thanks for this video. It would have been extra nice if you could have demonstrated how people are doing it wrong in order to let us better understand why to do it your way.

I learnt something! Great tip. Thanks a lot.

Thank you very much for this!

Very helpful. Thanks so much!

Hi,  all this egg sucking etc made me hungry, so when I come back, may I suggest using the pilot drill through both timbers first, then the larger drill has a pilot hole in the perfect situation all ready open out.....  just a thought really  !!!  I was a 'metal' engineer in those long ago days.

Very useful visual, thanks brother!

Good explanation, makes sense!

That joke in the beginning was golden

Thanks for the video

Thank you!!!!😊 Perfect!!!