Explore the fascinating process behind making self-tapping screws! See how advanced machines shape and thread each screw for strength and precision in every use.

Once the self-drilling screw pierces the metal, it forms or cuts threads the same way as standard tapping screws.

The EasyOn Gutter Guard from Costco is a micro-mesh made of stainless steel that can be secured over gutters using either the included self-tapping screws, 3M VHB tape, or both.

Self-tapping screws also get used a lot, even when there are way better options out there. Here's another way to slap things together for a lasting hold.

302HQ is a specialised wire grade finding very wide usage for manufacture of stainless steel fasteners. The inclusion of 3% copper in the composition reduces the cold work hardening rate substantially ...

I've found that as a result just about any screw of the right diameter is self-tapping. A coarser thread is nice though because than it doesn't take ten minutes to mount the fan.

Tapping screws are used in steel, aluminum, die castings, cast iron, forgings, plastics, asbestos, and resin-impregnated plywood.