Great tips. After 30 years of designing and building decks, the only one I have to completely disagree with those is the "cupping"/rainbow orientation...now of course my experience is with pressure treated pine and synthetics primarily. Btw...great to see ya'lls videos in my feed again.
I'm happy to see you all back at it! I've been binge watching your new/recent videos.... Looking forward to seeing the progress on your home, and also hoping to see some more of your flying videos.... Thank you!
Okay, I'll admit, there are some handy tips in this one. I especially found your view on rainbows interesting. And I never knew that about hand saws. Neat!
The decking screws are called flat head screws, and if you are going to pre-drill anyway, you can also countersink the flat head screws, which is flaring out the top of the hole you drilled to accommodate the wedge. They have special bits for that, and I think you can even set your depth with some countersink bits.