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Self-aligning screw thread?
On 19/02/2019 22:56:55, Rod Speed wrote:
On 2019-02-19 3:23 p.m., Rod Speed wrote:
"Fredxx" wrote in message
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On 19/02/2019 21:52:41, Rod Speed wrote:
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On 19/02/2019 20:21:02, Rod Speed wrote:
"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 17:02:54 -0000, Clare Snyder
wrote:
On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 00:15:18 -0500,
wrote:
On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 22:46:25 -0500, Clare Snyder
wrote:
On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:08:44 -0700, rbowman
wrote:
On 02/18/2019 08:38 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
They shouldn't call them self tapping because they rarely do
unless the
wood is very soft indeed.* Usually the force to create the
hole wears
off the er.... the bit the screwdriver goes into.* I almost
always use a
pilot drill first, unless I'm in a hurry, then I curse the
bloody screws
when they burr.
Using the correct size of a quality screwdriver helps. What
is the UK
equivalent of Harbor Freight?
"Self drilling" is the term, and if they aren't Chinese junk
they are
usually good for 16 guage steel - perhaps 14. Useless foir
anything
heavier. Chiners junk is good for about 18 guage aluminum on a
good
day.
Actually there are at least four types of screw that cut their own
thread.
You have the self drilling that is a sheet metal screw with a
drill
bit tip on the end that actually drills the pilot hole (Commonly
called Tek screws)
Then there is the self tapping sheet metal screw that just has
a point
on the end and gnaws it's way in
The third is a "swage form" machine screw that goes into a
pilot hole
and the tip is threaded all the way to the end with a slight
taper and
a triangular shape until it gets to the body of the thread. It
actually swages threads
The 4th is a self tapping machine screw that has a tapered
thread and
slits cut in it to take away the waste material just like a tap.
I have some of each type if anyone wants pictures.
* From the complaint I had pretty much ruled out the common sheet
metal screw with the sharp split tip and the swage form - basically
narrowing it down to the "tek" - but then he complained about it
only
working if the "wood" was soft - - - -
*I really think he needs to limit himself to socket head (allen) or
hex head screws - and eventhen he needs to use the correct size
driver.
PZ2 is easier to use.* I'm just saying they shouldn't be sold as
"self tapping" if they really need a pilot hole.
They are called self tappers because they tap the hole.
They arent called self drillers, stupid.
Perhaps Australia is behind the times:
*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-t...drilling_screw
Just you being a ****wit, as always. That's just ONE TYPE of self
tapper, ****wit.
Its one kind of self tapper called a self driller.
But is just one type of self tapper, ****wit. Most self tappers arent
self drillers.
https://www.firstcallautosupply.com/...apping-screws/
Or is it just you being stupid?
Nope, you being a ****wit, as always.
You're too thick to see you're stupid.
You never could bull**** your way out of a wet paper bag.
you are a paper bag
Are you calling yourself a paper bag? What next?
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