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<p>[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 81261, member: 30"]I'm into screwing it down with a screw gun! It'll always be handled, picked up, moved around - by the wide top so nails will eventually come loose and glue will fail. </p><p><br /></p><p>If nailing, I'm with Greg on the type of glue to use but I'd use the Elmer's Carpenter Glue. It's barely stronger than their white paper glue, and is not problematic to remove. I'd also use a trim gun to nail it rather than a hand-held hammer. By this method, the few nails will sink automatically with the air pressure and can be easily filled. Of course this same nailing can be done by hand but hand nailing will knock the sub joints around much more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 81261, member: 30"]I'm into screwing it down with a screw gun! It'll always be handled, picked up, moved around - by the wide top so nails will eventually come loose and glue will fail. If nailing, I'm with Greg on the type of glue to use but I'd use the Elmer's Carpenter Glue. It's barely stronger than their white paper glue, and is not problematic to remove. I'd also use a trim gun to nail it rather than a hand-held hammer. By this method, the few nails will sink automatically with the air pressure and can be easily filled. Of course this same nailing can be done by hand but hand nailing will knock the sub joints around much more.[/QUOTE]
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