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KundleJenner

building a cat scratching post, how to attach post to base?

so I thought I could just use a long thin wood screw and my drill to drill through the underside of the base to the bottom of the post and follow through

BUT its getting stuck. I hammer it and it wont go further and it wont drill down further. Whats the proper way to do this?

Posted Feb 4, 2021, 3:21 AM UTC

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--Ty--•

long thin wood screw

I hammer it and it wont go further

What's that saying about "When all you have is a hammer....."

There's any number of reasons why the screw might be getting stuck, and we won't be able to help without at least a photo of the base and the underside of the cat scratch post.

I would say just drill a different hole. You might have just hit some embedded metal.

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