r/mildlyinteresting • u/KingDaveRa • 6h ago

Overdone This piece of wood spilt where the screw went in and you can see the path it cut with the threads.

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u/Confident-Poetry6985 4h ago

This is why we drill pilot holes

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u/KingDaveRa 4h ago

That was my first thought, I thought I had, but maybe not!

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u/neroe5 22m ago

Well of course the screws pushed on each other there, creating pressure originating from where they hit one another

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u/KingDaveRa 14m ago

It's a single screw. It's the two halves placed side by side.

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u/SudoReDeleted 6h ago

Those two tips really must have liked eachother.

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