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joebedford
Nomad III
Dec 14, 2017

How to secure screws in plywood going with grain??

Some of you may recall that we thought we had a broken king pin mount this past summer when we went to Nashville for the eclipse. DW and I stripped off the plastic under the 5th wheel area, inspected ...
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Huntindog
Explorer
Dec 15, 2017
I cannot think of a good way to attach anything going in to the edge of plywood. This is a poor way to put together ANYTHING with plywood. It should not have been made this way.

I would not try to put it back together the way it was.

Look into different trim, that can be attached in to a solid area, like the metal your pic shows. More work, but a permanent fix.

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