What happens when you combine the best features of two of
the most popular fasteners for the woodworking industry? You
reduce failure rates and increase productivity.
The original woodscrew was designed for attaching two pieces
of wood together. They have a sharp thread and a full body
shoulder which allows the threaded portion to draw the two
pieces of wood together. However, many OEMs found them inadequate
in harder woods because of their relatively soft steel and
shallow threads. During the earlier 80’s many companies
turned to drywall screws which offered a case hardened
steel body, a coarse fast-driving thread, at a competitive
price. Unfortunately this solution had its downfalls as
well. Not being designed for wood, drywall screws did not
have a non-threaded shoulder to allow drawing of the two
pieces of wood together, and as where the wood screw’s
soft steel allowed the drive to easily strip, the drywall
screws harder, more brittle, thinner neck would snap during
installations in some applications. As production processes
improved in the fasteners industry the best features of
both screws were united into a screw that is now generically
known as a "particle
board screw".
We at Titan hardware have taken this “particle
board screw” several steps forward in our own Grab-tite brand
by adding self countersinking nibs under the head and by
adding a thread cutting point as in our Grab-tite Cutter
line. Through innovation and positive feed back from our
customers we continue to pursue of the ultimate woodscrew.
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