[Build] Box of 4" long square-drive screws

[jim]

   four inches seems too long to me. two-by-fours are 
3.5 inches by 1.625 inches. the floor is likely one 
inch or less. four inch screws through the sole 
plates into the floor will likely be exposed under 
the floor to whatever's below, possibly no ceiling 
on the undersides of the floor joists and a 
possible hazard to persons working on the second 
floor ceiling (e.g. lights, other things fastened 
there). 
   we'll likely use 1/2 inch sheetrock, and a four 
inch screw will be hard work overkill to fasten the 
rock to the wall studs (1 1/4 or 1 1/2 inch lengths 
are usually used). 



On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 16:28 -0700, dpc wrote:
> John Magolske <listmail at b79.net> writes:
> 
> > At last night's build team meeting I mentioned having a big box of
> > 4" long square-drive screws I could donate. These may end up being
> > useful for attaching walls to the floors & to each other, making it
> > easier to move them and re-configure the layout over time if need be.
> 
> i think you had an example that was a flat head? (flat on top w/ a cone
> into the threading area that would be sort of 'countersunk'). offhand
> (since you said they were in storage) do you know the pitch or diameter?
> just thinking that too 'thin' is slightly less good for attaching to
> the floor but ok for panel joins.
> 
> anyway, this reminded me of something that occurred to me on my way home
> last night but that i somehow forgot during the four block trip.  are
> people thinking that the 'walls' are going to be 'real'? (ie, something
> like 4" w/ maybe some sort of sound insulation). less reconfigurable but
> i'm not sure i've ever been in 83c when someone's been using the shop
> (i've used it but didn't notice how much i was disturbing people on the
> outside :-)
> 
> \p
> 
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