Australian Wood Review

Screw Drive Systems

The anatomy of a screw comes down to variations on a theme: threads, shank and head. Traditional screw designs usually feature a single thread, shallow pitch, larger diameter shank, and often a slotted head for hand driving. More often than not, such screws are limited to countersink, raised and round head types.

Newer designs have single or twin threads often with a much higher pitch, a narrow shank and a drive solution that suits power tools. We can

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