[Shop-talk] Screwing steel studs?

Randall tr3driver at ca.rr.com
Fri Jun 19 17:36:34 MDT 2009


> Is there a special screw for this? The 'net won't give anything up.

I believe you want a "self-drilling" screw instead of just self-tapping.
The tip actually looks like a drill bit.  I bought a box at Home Depot that
had round Philips heads and they work pretty well.  Here's some available at
MMC:
http://www.mcmaster.com/#tapping-screws/=2e22tm

-- Randall 


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