For general shop use I use the Highpoint brand screws that I get at Woodcraft. They are self tapping but I typically do predrill.
For general shop use I use the Highpoint brand screws that I get at Woodcraft. They are self tapping but I typically do predrill.
Pre-drilling? That’s the planning stage where you lay out all of your pilot holes, is that correct?
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I buy my screws at Lowes or Home Depot.
I can find what I am looking for at both stores.
Are GRK and Spax just different brands with Torx heads?
GRK and Spax are different brands.
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The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...
I use GRK a lot and have converted several other people i know. At work we get around the fact that they're not a 'typical' Phillips by buying a ton T15 bits and scattering them in every tool box, desk drawer, cash register drawer etc. And we have a cardinal rule that the bit holder on any impact driver should always have a T15 snapped in it😁
I'm sure there are better screws out there but GRK are good, reasonably priced, and available anywhere you have a HD or (i think) Lowes...
A post-frame builder I follow on YouTube has a lot of good to say about GRK products. Most of the Torx fasteners actually come with a driver bit in the box, too.
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The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...
Only helps with brand new boxes! (DAMHIKT! )
On the other hand, our local HD has boxes of driver bits right with the screws.
Having implicitly admitted to using GRK screws, I should vote I guess. I prefer square drive* for when modern screws are appropriate. Mostly I steal them from my Kreg assortment, (and try to buy replacements on sale,) and have some Highpoint from Woodcraft that aren't awful.
(* and, from the description of the differences,I wish we could get real Robertson drive products here in the US.)
I also pretty much standardized on square/Robertson drive many years ago, but don't mind if something I need "now" is Torx. One thing about the bits...be sure to use the right type if an impact driver is involved, but that's usually in a construction situation rather than typical woodworking in the shop.
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The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...
Again last night I was on McFeely's website trying to buy #6x1/2", #8x1/2", and #10x3/4" screws. They no longer stock any of them. Sometimes they have the brass boat screws, but they aren't self-starting and are a major pain to use. Not worth it. It seems like they just aren't interested in smaller sizes any more. Those were very tough to find elsewhere too.
Any suggestions for a good source for small length square drive screws?
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Anymore I buy all of this kind of stuff through McMaster, except GRK which I buy at that orange building.
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