Posted by Brian on July 01, 2003 at 09:41:14:
In Reply to: Re: screwing into plywood edge-wise? posted by Mark Bronkalla on June 26, 2003 at 11:46:28:
: My experience is similar to Ken's the stem gets tapered quite severly (at least on the Riviera). This means that the planking can be screwed on at somewhere between 45 and 90 degrees to the end grain. I had no pull-out problems or splitting.
Same thing on my Glen-L 14. I remember reading this information in either Boatbuilding With Plywood or in a personal email from Glen-L when I asked the same thing. The answer was that the screws were actually driven at an angle not directly into the edge of the ply.
Brian