July 12, 201214 yr A while ago I had a carpal tunnel surgery. IT CHANGED MY LIFE~!! No more up all night long in agony while my hands buzzed and agonized. Anyway before I did this I was tortured by screw driving.  It was so bad that using any form of screw driver manual or drill caused me no end of misery for weeks on end coz the inflammation doesn't settle down easy at all. So I discovered Torx screws and was converted from the very first. I never had to push the drill to prevent cam out again with torx, they just hold on to the bit. This is why: Now, I don't like using any other kind of screw. You can drive the biggest longest screws you can hold the drill with a light touch and they never cam out. I was buying 'em from mcfeelies but have found a retailer who is way far cheaper. 500 #10 * 1 1/2" screws in 316 SST at McFeelies is $165 At Banner Elk Trading the same screws is $85.00 http://www.trimscrew.com/DeckTite.htm#  So long McFeelies.
July 12, 201214 yr Used them on Mimi's deck furniture. They're Great!!Got mine from the Borg.Lew Kauffman-Wood Turners Forum HostTime traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!
July 12, 201214 yr Author The BORG is selling Torx screws now?  All I ever saw from the BORG in SST was square drive and I strip them like they were nothing.
July 12, 201214 yr Ours doesn't have the selection found at McFeely's but the deck type screws I used were 1 5/8" x 8 from "Grip Rite". They are labeled T-20 Star Drive.Cliff said:The BORG is selling Torx screws now?  All I ever saw from the BORG in SST was square drive and I strip them like they were nothing.
July 12, 201214 yr Author T20 is a Torx or Star if one prefers the generic name.Searching the Home Depot site I find LOX drive which they call "superdrive"Â It's supposed to resist cam out with straight sides and many points of contact. .They don't list them larger than #8 size
July 14, 201214 yr Author I was just looking for #10 at 2 1/2" So I wasn't looking too deeply.You could email them.A note about SST screws:DO NOT PAY FOR HIGH CHROMIUM STAINLESS LIKE 316 - unless you are building a dock or other ocean front structure and salt spray is the issue.Other than that, you will see no benefit in 316 over 304 or 305. The tensile and yield strength of 304 305 is exactly the same as 316. The only delta is the salt resistance and you pay a lot for that.If submerging the fasteners in sea water is what's on the agenda DO NOT USE Stainless at all. Use half hard brass. If you can find inconel or monel 405, or hastalloy, or HS88 fasteners use them but good luck finding them.As it wears, Stainless has to constantly replenish the passive chrome oxide layer that makes it stainless in the first place.It does this by migrating chromium to the surface where it oxidizes.The key concept being oxidize here. SST can't do that efficiently under salt water and sooner or later it rusts.
July 14, 201214 yr Cliff your right! Square drive or torx, they are awesome, the screws I use with my Kreg jig is when I was introduced to em, and I love em.John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
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