John Rumm wrote:

You may find this interesting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IIsQr9aY_k

But I expect mine to last more than 5 years!

well indeed, but 10 year studies take longer :-)

Here are samples of my screws used outdoors, they are somewhere
between 5 and 10 years old from looking at the dates I bought various
types of screw:-

https://isbd.uk/pictures/screws/p1030055.jpg
https://isbd.uk/pictures/screws/p1030056.jpg

While the non-stainless ones are not totally knackered they aren't
going to be good in a few more years are they? You can see the
stainless one really has been used because there's some bits of wood
stuck in the thread.

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Chris Green
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