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Dude you are the king of video efficiency - LOVE these videos. No fluff, no meandering off on a tangent, just straight ahead information.

I had no idea about high-low screws until watching this. I think I finally found an answer to not needing to buy a variety of different screws; this is a fantastic piece of knowledge. Seriously, thank you for this.

I’ve NEVER heard of a Robertson (square drive) head screw referred to as a “Nicholson” head screw. Even google doesn’t know was a Nicholson head screw is. Is that something unique to a specific region of the US? Isn’t Nicholson an old early industrial era New England company known for making files?

I so much appreciate that you explain the "why"s of what you show and choose. It helps me to think of factors I may not have thought about. Keep up the excellent videos!

Forget about the one misspoken name ... this has got to be one of the most informative videos I've seen. I've had a few issues trying to get my pocket joints slick, and I think you've highlighted some really subtle things I'm not doing right. Spot on, well done, keep up the good work!

You by far give the most information on woodworking videos. I really appreciate it. You help me become a better woodworker.

Watch your vids all the time and watched the wood working show you used to be on. I’m an electrician for over 30 yrs but have always had an appreciation for wood workers cabinet makers ect. I’d like to consider myself a serious wood working hobbiest and wanted to let you know I really do appreciate your videos and the time you spend thank you

How do you always post videos with content that are relevant to me with my upcoming work? Unreal, I always look forward to your videos

I do only the most basic woodworking; repairs mostly. But, watching your videos with the excellent amount of detail is nothing short of compelling. Great videos. SO informative. Maybe someday I'll get to use all your good counsel and advice.

as usual you explain things incredibly clear and precise!! congratulations!!

Great video. You always do a great job presenting information without bias. I appreciate hearing your recommendation. Keep up the great work!

Thanks, Bros, Whenever I watch your video, there are so many details In the content that I hardly see on other youtube videos!

Wow! Very informative, I learnt a lot from todays video and some reminders of things I had forgotten. I think I'll be buying less Phillips head screws from now on. I used to think a screw was a screw until I started watching your channel, now I understand that different heads are there for a reason and I had never thought about or considered thread spacing. All made sense and was very easy to understand. Thanks

Wow, I feel like I just took a master class on pocket hole screws! I was looking for specific information, but got a lot more. Thank you for the great explanation and information!

Clearly lays out the alternatives and rationales. Thanks for the video.

Very informative and convincing and always - thanks @StumpyNubs!

Really good clear explanation. Ive never used pockets in any projects, but still learned some info here. Thanks MrvStumpy

Always love when a new Stumpy drops!

Love the level of in depth detail.

I never knew there was so much to learn about pocket holes and the screws, this was a butt kicking video (as always). I didn't know there was a high low screw either and I like that idea a lot! Thank you sir!

Thanks for the great video James 👍 Lots of excellent information 👍 😀

Great video with great info. Answered some questions I’ve had. Sorry you got jumped on so many times. I guess people don’t bother to read prior comments before sounding off. Makes me happy not to be a content creator but very glad some of you out there not only have more knowledge, but also thicker skins, than i do.

Excellent video. Excellent explanation. Thanks for the info!

Very informational as usual and greatly appreciated.

As always in your videos, clear and informative.

The clamp @1:25 looks interesting. I've almost finished my first pocket hole project (a router cabinet) and I soon learned that stopping the timber moving as the screw is tightened was something that needed dealing with. I ordered one from Amazon right after watching this video.

Great tutorial. Covered all my questions plus the one about using glue. Thanks!

Outstanding as always.

Great info.... also great to see your videos .... great information all the time

Thanks for sharing those tips!

Thanks for all your great videos. Walt Sommers

Poor stumpy nubs is getting a grilling over the screw type comment. Good video keep it up.

Great lesson for me. Thank you very much.

So many details Iv never considered through 1000000 pocket holes. Great stuff

Good info that the average person wouldn’t even know to consider. Thanks again!

Thanks mate. As always a great presentation

I have never used Pocket Hole joinery before and I am looking for all the help I can get. Thanks for an informative tutorial.........

Wow. Great job. A lot of information. Thanks 😊

Great information James, thanks for sharing with us. Fred.🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👋👋

Awesome, very educational and great advise. Thanks

Good stuff! Another very helpful video :)

Been using those for years. Work great. Use the proper screws, follow the chart for settings, use the proper screws, always do a test piece. Oh, and be real fussy about your screw bin. Never let a long screw into a shorter screw bin.!

Thanks for the helpful info

Thank you for the pocket hole cnudrum. Now it is clear on what type of screws to use on what ever project your working on I always have a question in the back of my mind if I'm using the right srew for the project that I'm working on. Again thank you for your info videos!!!!!

Great video and tips. Thanks for sharing.

"philips head screws are a poor choice" that sentence can just end there and still be just as correct.

Very informative, thank you!

Whew! Gonna have to watch this one a few more times.

salways James very informative!! Thank you!

Well presented.

Excellent video

Thank you, very informative

Good info Stumpy!

Thanks for sharing the tips.👍

Good explanation. Thanks.

Great video. Thanks.

Great guidelines for new comers and seasoned users of pocket hole joinery. I have been trying to figure out what angle the pocket hole should be at when making a pocket hole jig I'm in my 60s so it is better for me to try to make one than going into huge expense because of my health conditions and what glue is best for sticking the metal insert to the wood thanks great video

Awesome info, thanks

I love the video. I just bought a starter kit of Kreg screws yesterday and was looking for good prices. It seems that, at least around here, Kreg screws are not the most expensive as I've constantly heard. Here at the local Lowes, the Kreg screws are about the same prices as those at Castle USA after adding shipping on the 1.25"/1000 count. In the per-100 packages, they are the lowest cost screws I found at Lowes. Someone mentioned the GRK and they are more expensive, but I think they are outdoor screws, so they should cost a little more. A friend of mine says he doesn't use the Kreg brand because he breaks the heads off way too often. I guess there are pros and cons to using the Kreg screws, too.

wow I learned a lot about pocket screws that I only have used a few times

Always helpful. thanks

This has been interesting, I've been considering getting a Safety speed pocket hole machine and wasn't sure what to use going from kreg.

Very educational, thanks!

Thanks James

Awesome tips, dude! Thanks a lot! 😃 I still need to get a pocket hole jig... But the tips are noted! 😊 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

I use a normal wood screw (with taper head for countersunk holes) and use a metal machine bolt washer on the wood screw. That washer gives the underside flat, and the taper of the head centers on the washer nice. Also The metal washer is plenty strong to withstand the spreading load of the taper head. So the flat underside is held. It may protrude more of the head as the head will be proud and appear loose when fully tighten against the metal washer but for a recessed or counter-bored hole it does not matter much.

Thanks for this info. And also, for simply giving out information concisely without trying to do standup!

Great video!

I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.

I'll admit I don't like the look of pocket holes and never intend to use one no matter how much easier they make a project, yet here I am, watching the entire video because of your excellent presentation of useful information.

Man, that was a stressful 4 min. as I stopped the video on the description of THAT screw. Thanks guys to have this all worked out before I arrived. Whew! Thanks Stumpy Nubs for a great sense of humour (spelt Canadian style). I guess I should have assumed a good sense of humor when a Master Woodworker chooses his Internet name to be Stumpy Nubs.

In Sweden, I usually find the torx head screws by standard everywhere. I also got a nice pocket jig though it was not well known here. So it was hard to find the right screws after the kit provided ones ran out. Thanks

great info thanks

Awesome!!! Thank You!!!👍😎😃

Thanks for the very informative video. I'm redoing my deck railing system and will be running 2"x2" balusters horizontally in between the 4x4 posts. I plan to use pocket holes on the underside of the balusters so the the fasteners aren't visible. Would you recommend fillister or washer head screws for redwood? I'll be using a Kreg K4 jig to make the pocket holes.

cool video!

Thanks for the video! When reassembling again, is it still solid enough?

Great video, as usual. Interesting to see those typical Kr-g silver screws (cheap and low-toleranced) side-by-side to those precise filister screws. I will definitely look into those for sure. I guess the Phillips is the "new" slot-head screw! Btw, has anyone ever seen the King of Queens episode where Arthur invents a new type of screw he names "the Arthur-head" ... "the tip of the screwdriver fits into the corresponding 'A-hole' on the screw". Hilarious!

Great info

Another great topic. Pocket hole joinery is a system I have been looking into, do you have a special skill to pick relevant topics? I'm not the only commenter with this coincidence (Farmer Jesse). As always, thank you for informative and relevant topics for all of us.

Very informative

Only thing you didnt mention is weather resistance, what material the screw should be made of for indoor vs outdoor projects. But your video is so awesome..you explain things really well

I always enjoy your videos! Any thoughts on the torque setting on the drill when driving the pocket hole screws? I recall, perhaps in an older Kreg video, they did strongly suggest a setting of 1 to prevent problems. That requires using a drill that has torque settings.

THANKS FOR SUPER NICE VIDEO👍👍👍👍🇨🇦🇨🇦

Great video, live my pocket hole rig. Cabinets are more fun using them.

Thanks for the note on the screws. Only issue was that it was almost as much to ship them as to purchase them so I just left them in my cart.

I build pocket hole furniture for a living and have driven many thousands of screws. I find the hi lows give me more problems in hardwood and plywood. I run fine and coarse thread screws only. All square bit.

Thanks!

Wow so many screws!!!

I use pocket screws a lot. And I've sooooo wanted to try out the Castle 110 pocket machine so bad but I can't never seem to have the money to purchase it so I'm stuck with the kreg for now

This is great! Thanks for the feedback and for helping to explain all this. However, the screw that you are recommending is not listed as available on the castle website. The ⭐️ head 1 1/4 is not listed. ;-/ Furthermore, the shipping cost is nearly the cost of my order itself for two boxes of 250 screws. That seems a bit … egregious to me. But what do I know? 😉

We don't have square screw heads here in the UK. It's either straight slot or phillips head.

I use the washer head screws for non pocket hole applications that do not require a flush head.

How do those Castle screws hold up outdoors?

I just use decking screws such as GRK or similar copies. The counter sinking acts as a self centering locator and i 3D printed a guide to drill a pilot hole on side B based on the divot the pre-screwed screws make from side A.

Great video. I have a porter cable production pocket hole cutter that looks identical to the Castle in your video (except the color). I have used it in a few of my videos and I agree that that type of machine cuts the best pocket holes and quickly. I wonder if Castle bought that from Porter or if they just made a good design better.

I've recently started using Spax screws with T20 head. Seems to work well but a problem I have is the pieces I use always seem to shift around. Any tips or resolution to prevent this?

G'day You might want to redefine the description of "self tapping" screw (about 2:10) You showed 2 types of "self tapping" screws and implied the screw without the flute was not a "self tapping" type. My understanding was the fluted style was to cut the wood fibres to try and reduce splitting of the timber. It can also extract some of the "Swarf" to allow room for the screw thread.

Robertson screws are a Canadian invention and have been used here for many years. Once you have used one you’ll understand and never want to use a Phillips or Straight ..