I Have a Qeustion About Building an Enclosure

[batmanjosh5000]

im currently making my 8x4x4 savannah monitor enclosure. First im making/made the frame (ill post the pics soon of what i did so far) ans then im putting sheets of plywood over the frame. but when i made the frame i put a decent amount of screws in (not a crazy amount but alot of screws were needed). So my qeustion is when i put the sheets over how do i make sure not to screw into a screw in the frame? (if that sounded confusing im talking about when i screw the sheets of ply wood on im scared that im going to dscrew into a part of the frame that has a screw in that spot). Is using glue maybe a good idea?

 

[Tannaros]

im currently making my 8x4x4 savannah monitor enclosure. First im making/made the frame (ill post the pics soon of what i did so far) ans then im putting sheets of plywood over the frame. but when i made the frame i put a decent amount of screws in (not a crazy amount but alot of screws were needed). So my qeustion is when i put the sheets over how do i make sure not to screw into a screw in the frame? (if that sounded confusing im talking about when i screw the sheets of ply wood on im scared that im going to dscrew into a part of the frame that has a screw in that spot). Is using glue maybe a good idea?

Generally when you're building it's good practice to space your screws a set distance - that way, if you need to come in and fasten another piece to the structure you know where each screw is and you can place them alternating distances from those.

However, assuming that isn't the case you can just measure either the distance between each screw and put your new attachments in between those, or the depth of each screw set from the edge, and either off set your new screws by that width inward or outward (ex. you put all of your old screws 1" from the edge of your framework, you would then offset your plywood screws by putting them 1-1/2", etc.) though that might only work if your screws are smaller in size.

Using glue when you're building something with wood is almost always a good idea. Unless of course you need it to come apart, then it's not so good of an idea. The main idea behind fastners (nails, screws) is that they hold the piece togeether while glue sets which is really what holds the piece together in the end. You also generally apply clamps in addition to fastners while the glue sets.

 

[batmanjosh5000]

Generally when you're building it's good practice to space your screws a set distance - that way, if you need to come in and fasten another piece to the structure you know where each screw is and you can place them alternating distances from those.

However, assuming that isn't the case you can just measure either the distance between each screw and put your new attachments in between those, or the depth of each screw set from the edge, and either off set your new screws by that width inward or outward (ex. you put all of your old screws 1" from the edge of your framework, you would then offset your plywood screws by putting them 1-1/2", etc.) though that might only work if your screws are smaller in size.

Using glue when you're building something with wood is almost always a good idea. Unless of course you need it to come apart, then it's not so good of an idea. The main idea behind fastners (nails, screws) is that they hold the piece togeether while glue sets which is really what holds the piece together in the end. You also generally apply clamps in addition to fastners while the glue sets.

thanks man!, ya thats a good idea, i think ill just write out the exact spots where the screws are