Good idea Kerrylib, This is all I could think of to exept for screwing down from the top and pluging the holes afterwards.Drill a countersink hole through ~2/3 of the 2x4
Put a washer sized to your countersink hole under the screw head and run them up from underneath.
I'm sure you already have the railing in place, so you'll get to lie on your back and enjoy staring up at the sky while you do the drilling. If not, just flip it over and pre-drill and countersink every ~12"
My thoughts to exactlyI don't know of any specific arguments that toenailing is bad, but just thinking about it:
1. Pain in the butt factor
2. Personnaly think it looks bad.
3. Limited strength if you don't do it well.
4. Running the screws in at angle is going to want to pull the top cap sideways and probably twist it from sitting flat. Solution would be to clamp it down tightly when installing screws and attach screws from both sides. This would help negate #3 above.
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