Posidrive or slotted screws for woodwork?

[Mr Macaw]

That rings a bell. Can't be bothered going to check my socket set in the car.

[Mr Macaw]

I guarantee my Peugeot 405 diesel was not the same as every other car.

Note: it didn't used to be a diesel, so who knows what else was changed on it. But those wheels came from something.

[Mr Macaw]

The Japanese are a smaller race.

[Mr Macaw]

When you say thread, are you talking newsgroup thread or screw thread?

[Alan Dawes]

Some are just "cosmetic" ie steel with a coating to make them look like brass. Take a magnet with you when buying.

Alan

[Mr Macaw]

If that's the case, then why isn't pozidrive "brass" more common? If it's just the coating, then they certainly ARE strong enough.

[Alan Dawes]

I've no idea as I am only giving my experience of buying what I thought were brass screws only to find that when the electric screw driver slipped it scratched the coating on the head exposing the steel underneath. Checking with a magnet showed they were just coated steel. They were strong enough and cosmetically OK so I wasn't really bothered.

Alan

[Mr Macaw]

Just used a few brass coloured pz2 screws myself that I forgot I had. Dunno how I managed to buy them since my latest Ebay search found none (brass pz2), and someone else's search in this thread turned up one (brass pozi). I think I wasn't looking for brass and just searched for pz2 of the correct length, then picked the ones of the right colour.

The screws I have are magnetic (so not brass), but the door hinges and door thresholds seem to be real brass. Having said that I just picked up an old scratched threshold which is not magnetic, but silver under the brass coloured coating. So aluminium?

[Tim Lamb]

In message , Alan Dawes writes

AOl!

Screwfix *brass pins* are magnetic.

[jack]

Basically because if you want the brass look, you are more likely to want the look of a slotted head too.

Yes, but don't last as long rust wise as sold brass screws.

[jack]

Or stainless. Should be obvious from how heavy it is.

[Mr Macaw]

Sue them!

[Mr Pounder Esquire]

I've still got the wheel brace I bought 44 years ago. It cost me ?1 and has never bent out of shape.

[Andy Burns]

But then you keep the old ones, supposedly for "rough" jobs, but always use the good ones ...

[Mr Macaw]

I use the one I can find.