Driving-Patio-Table-Base-Screws Published January 15, 2013 at 330 × 205 in Making a Patio Furniture Table and Bench Set 1. Use scrap wood to lift the rails and center them to the leg thickness, then drill counterbores and drive screws home to assemble them. Use strips of scrap wood to lift up the rails, centering them on the leg thicknesses before driving the screws home. Prebore them for the screws.