tedious wrote:
On my boat I have #10s connecting the wood to the hull - as long as the screw is holding, no reason to go bigger. My console is put together with stainless steel angle brackets, from the back, and I used #12s there to get a better bite in the mahogany with the shorter screws, and also because a #3 Phillips is a lot harder to strip out than a #2. My sister-in-law's boat uses all #10s.

Tim