On Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 8:30:27 PM UTC-4, bob_villa wrote:
On Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 9:43:45 AM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I was in HD yesterday looking for #8 wood screws in 2.5" or 3" lengths. They
did not carry those lengths in anything other than the "2 packs" ($1.18 ea)
so the clerk suggested these:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/SPAX-8-x-...0606/202041007

I should note that the website shows "Full Thread" for those screws, but in
the 2.5" length the actual product on the shelf has about 1/2" of
unthreaded shaft. (Same SKU, different screw)

They are slightly more expensive than the same size package of standard
wood screws would have been, but way cheaper than buying a boatload of the
2 packs at $1.18 each.

BTW I'm not asking for a source for #8 2.5" wood screws, I'm just curious
about how the multi-material construction screws would work in place of
wood screws. I would never trust the "no need to predrill" claim for
anything that I cared about, but other than that, would there be a problem
using these screws in wood?

Reminds me of some pointless thing micky would come up with!

Interesting response. Also interesting is how a few intelligent members of
another usenet group offered some real world experience with SPAX screws, including the benefits of and some gotchas to look out for.

You want to talk about pointless things? We could talk about both of your
responses but that would be a serious waste of my time.

Moving on.