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If you are working on a nice carpentry project and you are attaching pieces with screws (and probably glue), you should consider countersinking the screws.
When you countersink a screw, the screw actually continues beneath the surface of the wood. This allows the unsightly screw head to be hidden from view. You can use molding to hide fasteners, but to hide a screw head, countersink it and then fill in the hole.
You can use a countersinking bit to the correct size of the screw. This bit will pre-drill a hole for the shank and then bore out a hole for the screw head to reside once it has been installed. Once the screw is installed, you can cover the hole with a wood plug.
You can buy or make you own wood plugs. Some plugs that you buy can either be flush with the surface or have a button type finish that stands proud of the surface.
You can cut your own plugs with a plug cutting bit chucked into a drill press or even a hand-held drill.
Once the plug is in the hole, you can stain it or paint over it. If you plan on staining it, the grain will stand out, orient the grain in the same direction as the surface. If you want to get really fancy, cut the plug from the same piece of wood that your project is made from and try to line up the grain so that the plug disappears when finished.
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