what kind of screw should I use for a diy stand?

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I used the green deck screws just because I had a billion left-over from my fence build. It doesn't matter if you seal everything up. I like to fill screw holes with silicone and then seal the stand although this time I simply painted over all the screws with the same 3 coats of melamine the rest of the stand got.

Over a year DRY and no rust. Can you believe it?!

And yeah use wood glue. You have a much better chance of breaking the screws than the glue. You can't appreciate the glue's strength until you decide you don't like where you put a support and try to crowbar it out. You have a better idea when you decide the support can stay because you're tearing the surrounding wood the shreds.