How Strong are Pocket Hole Screws?

Have you ever built a seating bench or a chair using a Kreg Jig pocket hole system and wondered how much weight this bench can hold? When working on my DIY projects, that thought always crosses my mind. What if someone sits on that chair that I build, and that chair just crumples to the ground? That would be really …

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Why is a 2×4 not 2 Inches by 4 Inches? (Solved!)

Have you ever purchased a 2×4 piece of lumber at the hardware store and started working on the project to realize that the 2×4 is not 2 inches by 4 inches. Are lumber companies trying to fool us into thinking we’re buying more lumber than we actually are? The simple reason why 2×4 is not 2 inches by 4 inches …

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