what is the shears strength of a deck screw?
Or where can I find such information?
shear streng of deck screw?
Apr 26, 2006
4 Replies
There are many variations of "deck" screws. try
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True and Mcfeelys probably has every variation known to man. I know they send me a catalog every now and then and the options seem endless. And yes, there are high strength versions -high shear- but these will encroach on lag prices I believe.
>A ballpark number is that the shear strength is about 0.6 of the tensile strength.
Bruce T
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