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Re: Good way to attach wood to steel tube

To: Martin Sukey <trmarty@glwb.net>,
Subject: Re: Good way to attach wood to steel tube
From: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 12:21:42 -0800 (PST)
Maybe some of those self-drilling-self-tapping screws
(with a tip that looks like a drill bit) would work?

Or just accept the fact that you will wear out a
bunch of drill bits?

Doug

--- Martin Sukey <trmarty@glwb.net> wrote:

> 
> I have a quantity of 1 x 3 x 24 steel tube left
> over from a project. I
> was kicking around the idea of using it for roofing
> rafters to make a 3
> sided shed addition to the back of a barn to store
> tractors and such in. The
> part that has me stumped is figuring out a way to
> attach the wood roof
> decking to the steel rafters. The only way I could
> come up with is using
> self tapping screws but the thought of drilling a
> large quantity of holes in
> the steel to run the screws in has me less than
> excited. Anybody have any
> ideas?




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