Does anyone know the proper name for the rivet ( pin ) type , round head
fastners with spiral shank, that are used to attach metal plates to
equipment ? You drill a blind hole and drive them in.

I need to purchase some, but cannot find them, due to not knowing what
name to look for.

TIA

On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:40:18 GMT, Cosmopolite
wrote:

Does anyone know the proper name for the rivet ( pin ) type , round head
fastners with spiral shank, that are used to attach metal plates to
equipment ? You drill a blind hole and drive them in.

I need to purchase some, but cannot find them, due to not knowing what
name to look for.

TIA

http://www.mcmaster.com/

Search on drive screws. These may be what you are looking for. Or
not.

Errol Groff

Errol Groff wrote:
On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:40:18 GMT, Cosmopolite
wrote:


Does anyone know the proper name for the rivet ( pin ) type , round head
fastners with spiral shank, that are used to attach metal plates to
equipment ? You drill a blind hole and drive them in.

I need to purchase some, but cannot find them, due to not knowing what
name to look for.

TIA


http://www.mcmaster.com/

Search on drive screws. These may be what you are looking for. Or
not.

Errol Groff


Thank you. They actually call them easy drive nails, but are the correct
type.

can't think of the name of them but I usually tap the hole & substitute 4-40
button screws


"Cosmopolite" wrote in message
news:m9lDi.13268$Pd4.8920@edtnps82...
Does anyone know the proper name for the rivet ( pin ) type , round head
fastners with spiral shank, that are used to attach metal plates to
equipment ? You drill a blind hole and drive them in.

I need to purchase some, but cannot find them, due to not knowing what
name to look for.

TIA

Tony wrote:
can't think of the name of them but I usually tap the hole & substitute
4-40 button screws



We use them in the composites ( FRP ) industry to layout flange drilling
patterns on the mold, so that the bit only has to be centered in the
dimple that the button leaves on the molded flange face.

The recess in screw heads would make it hard to de-mold and may also
tear away some of the face, since there is very little re-inforcement in
that area, due to corrosion resistance which only comes from the resin.


"Cosmopolite" wrote in message
news:m9lDi.13268$Pd4.8920@edtnps82...

Does anyone know the proper name for the rivet ( pin ) type , round
head fastners with spiral shank, that are used to attach metal plates
to equipment ? You drill a blind hole and drive them in.

I need to purchase some, but cannot find them, due to not knowing what
name to look for.

TIA

On Sep 4, 7:44 pm, Cosmopolite wrote:
Errol Groff wrote:
On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:40:18 GMT, Cosmopolite
wrote:

Does anyone know the proper name for the rivet ( pin ) type , round head
fastners with spiral shank, that are used to attach metal plates to
equipment ? You drill a blind hole and drive them in.

I need to purchase some, but cannot find them, due to not knowing what
name to look for.

TIA

http://www.mcmaster.com/

Search on drive screws. These may be what you are looking for. Or
not.

Errol Groff

Thank you. They actually call them easy drive nails, but are the correct
type.


"drive screws" over at hanson fastners. I'll have to remember both
names...

Dave

On Sep 4, 7:44 pm, Cosmopolite wrote:

Thank you. They actually call them easy drive nails, but are the correct
type

No, as Errol said they actually call them drive screws. "Easy drive
nails" may be a brand name, but the generic name is drive screws.

John Martin

John Martin wrote:
On Sep 4, 7:44 pm, Cosmopolite wrote:

Thank you. They actually call them easy drive nails, but are the correct
type


No, as Errol said they actually call them drive screws. "Easy drive
nails" may be a brand name, but the generic name is drive screws.

John Martin





McMaster-Carr, lists them under nails. If you type in "drive screws "
these units come up, but they are under the nail section as " easy drive
nails " . Confusin, ain't it.

According to :
On Sep 4, 7:44 pm, Cosmopolite wrote:
Errol Groff wrote:
On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:40:18 GMT, Cosmopolite
wrote:

Does anyone know the proper name for the rivet ( pin ) type , round head
fastners with spiral shank, that are used to attach metal plates to
equipment ? You drill a blind hole and drive them in.

[ ... ]

"drive screws" over at hanson fastners. I'll have to remember both
names...

FWIW, I've bought them under the same name from MSC. Quite
inexpensive for a box of 1000 in the sizes which I got.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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