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Before using a lag bolt in a wood stud, the hole must be pre-drilled. This can also be called making a pilot hole. Due to the bolts large diameter ...

Metric screws use a Thread Pitch whereas US screws use 'Threads Per Inch' (TPI) to calculate the different thread types. Metric Thread Pitch is cal...

Understanding the benefits, strengths and uses for both A2 and A4 stainless steel, which are also called 304 and 316 as explained in article.

Quick and easy fix for 90 percent of garbage disposal problems with a simple allen key!

Lag Bolts holding weight and pull out force as well as general info on Lag bolts.

Basics of Black Oxide coating commonly used with fasteners including why its used, what materials it can be used with, and how its made.

Why stainless steel can sometimes be magnetic and other times not. Differences in stainless grades as well as how the raw materials are worked can cause differing amounts of magnetism in your stainless.

Quick history on Allen Wrenches (Hex Keys) with common uses, benefits and specifications.

Titanium anodizing color chart along with the how-to process of anodizing titanium.

Max Drive screw highlights Deck screws generally are not a horribly exciting product, but the new Proferred Max Drive deck screws changes that by b...

A socket screw is a screw which is widely used in the industrial sector and assembly lines. Known by many names but the most common are Hex or All...