You’ve experienced this. You glance into your refrigerator and say to yourself, “hmmm, low on ketchup, I better pick some up.” That’s how I am with shop supplies. I constantly scan my stash of glue, ...

Overwhelmed with fastener options for your DIY projects? Learn about screw anatomy, types and materials to help you pick the ...

Roy Underhill shows how to use an 1889 foot-driven metal working lathe. Make your own darn metal screws with this 1889 foot-powered lathe! Roy shows how to cut perfect threads, cones and tapers in ...

Matching a replacement screw or bolt can be a headache given the number of sizes and threading pitches you can find in even a modest hardware store. Mate the old and new for a perfect match.

Anybody have a definitive answer on what size pilot hole I should drill in the side of my truck bed to attach tie down hooks using #10 sheet metal screws? I'm thinking 7/64 or 1/8 but I'd like to be ...

Attaching metal pieces to one another with a screw is relatively straightforward. But using threaded fasteners on plastics, which are lightweight, low-density materials compared to metals, can be ...

A silk screw isn’t as stiff as a metal one, and that may be important for putting bones back together. Implanting the silk screws into rats’ hind limbs showed that the material could successfully pin ...

Biomechanics are developing surgical screws from donated human bone material for foot and jaw surgery together with an Austrian start-up. Biomechanics from TU Graz, are developing surgical screws from ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Not only are rusted screws hard to unscrew, they often also have damaged heads that can break off altogether, causing even more complicated problems.