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What Are The Diverse Varieties Of Tek Type Screws?

Tek type screws arescrews that have alittle drill bit at thepoint of thescrew. They'reintended for screwing metal to wood or metal to metal. The integrated drill bit means the screw can be put in without drilling a pilot hole with a conventional drill, and when used with a powered screwdriver, the screw can be used as an impromptu drill. Tek typeFasteners come in nearly everytype that standardscrews come in.

Diameter and Threading

Thedifferent types of drill bit points forself drilling Fasteners are numbered in the same way that drill bit points used for commercial drills are. The drill point will always be smaller than the diameter of the screw, and thescrew itself follows the standard screw size metrics, which range from 000, which is very small and approximately 0.0600 inches in diameter, to size 12, which is 0.2160 inches in diameter, to fractions of an inch (1/2, 5/8 and 3/4 inches, respectively). The threading density, or how many screw threads there are per inch of length of screw, uses the standard system, as well. Most tek type Fasteners have threading of 12 to 14 threads per inch, and the most typical sizes for tek type Fasteners are size 8, size 10 and size 12 (0.1640, 0.1900 and 0.2160) inch diameters. Size 0 and 1 tek type Fasteners are virtually unheard of, while thebigger ones tend to beemployed in heavy duty construction.

Head Types

Tek typeFasteners come indifferent head types, from theclassic flat head (used for light carpentry work) to thefar more prevalent Phillips and square drives. Hex head tek typeFasteners are alsoreadily available. Beyond the driving mechanism (the kind of screwdriver head you'd need to turn them), the heads of tek type Screws are alsoavailable as countersunkFasteners, which will sit flat once driven in their full distance, and with rubber washers integrated into the underside of the head. The washer helps guard wood surfaces as the screw is driven in.

Magnetic Head Tek Type Screws

Because tek type Fasteners can be driven withoutmaking a pilot hole, they're also utilised for a variety ofinnovative designs, like magnetic sockets, where the driver head is inside a well with a high-strength magnet. This permits them to be used to createtemporary attachment points for other ferrous objects.

By: MaryLouise Eckman

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