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F-101

Screwdriver Tips and Fastener Sizes

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What is a Fastener? A screw or bolt is a shaft with a helical groove or thread formed on its surface and has provisions at one end for turning. A screw or bolt consists of a cylindrical shaft, which in many cases tapers to a point at one end, and with a helical ridge or thread formed on it, and a head at the other end which can be rotated by some means. Its main uses are to hold two or more objects together. The thread is essentially an inclined plane wrapped around the shaft. The thread mates with a complementary helix in the material. The material may be manufactured with the mating helix using a tap, or the screw may create it when first driven in (a self-tapping screw or wood screw). The head is specially shaped to allow a screwdriver or wrench to rotate the screw, driving it in or removing it. The head is of larger diameter than the body of the screw and has no thread so that the screw cannot be driven deeper than the length of the shaft, and to provide compression. Screws can normally be removed and reinserted without reducing their effectiveness. They have greater holding power than nails and permit disassembly and reuse. The vast majority of screws are tightened by clockwise rotation; this is commonly termed as a Right-hand thread. Screws with left-hand threads are used in exceptional cases, when the screw is subject to anticlockwise forces that might undo a right-hand thread. Left-hand screws are used on rotating items such as the left-hand grinding wheel on a bench grinder or the left hand pedal on a bicycle (both looking towards the equipment) or hub nuts on the left side of some automobiles. Fastener Types Fasteners or screws come in a variety styles, head types and drive options. There is a great variety of fasteners available and used throughout all industries and continents. Wood Screws, Sheet Metal Screws, Self-Drilling Screws, Drywall Screws, Machine Screws, Socket Head Cap Screws, Hex Head Screws and Set Screws to name a few. Almost all are available in a variety of head styles. Flat Head, Oval Head, Round Head, Truss Head, Binding, Fillister, Pan Head and Button Head just start the list. Some of them are available
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in Standard or Security configurations, also known as Tamper-Proof or Tamper-Resistant. Most are available in fraction, number and metric sizes and all require some tool to install or remove them. Head Styles

Flat

Oval

Round

Truss

Binding

Pan

Button

Fillister

Socket Head Cap

Low Head Cap

Set (No Head)

Hex

Many screw drives, including Phillips, Torx and Hexagonal, are also manufactured in a Security, (tamper-resistant or tamper-proof), form. These typically have a pin protruding in the center of the screw head, requiring a special tool for installation and removal. In some variants the pin is placed slightly off-center, requiring a correspondingly shaped bit. The slotted screw also comes in a tamper-resistant one-way design with sloped or ramped edges. The screw can be installed by using a standard Slotted driver, but the slopes or ramps require the use of a special tool for removal that prevents the driver from slipping out in the reverse direction. What is the Difference between a Screw and Bolt? A universally accepted distinction between a screw and a bolt does not exist. In common usage the term screw refers to smaller (less than 1/4 inch) threaded fasteners, especially threaded fasteners with tapered shafts used in un-threaded substrates and the term bolt refers to larger threaded fasteners that are designed to be used with nuts or in tapped holes. The term machine screw is commonly used to refer to threaded fasteners that are used with nuts or in tapped holes. The term lag bolt (also known less commonly as a lag screw) is used to refer to larger threaded fasteners with tapered shafts. Various methods of distinguishing bolts and screws exist or have existed. These methods conflict at times and can be confusing. Old SAE and USS standards made a distinction between a bolt and a cap screw based on whether a portion of the shaft was un threaded or not. Cap screws had shafts that were threaded up to the head and bolts had partially threaded shafts. Today a bolt that has a completely threaded shaft might be referred to as a tap bolt.

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