How To Use Sheet Metal Screws

This kind of fastener features a threaded shank along with a flat rounded head.

How to use sheet metal screws.

This allows you to skip pre drilling a hole into thinner gauges of sheet metal. The metal thickness that you are drilling into needs to be thinner than the length of the drilling point of the screw. Self tapping screws come with a notched tip that acts as a drill bit to drive the screw and keep thin metal from denting. If these screws are being used the screw can merely be fitted to the drill bit and driven.

A sheet metal screw is a kind of hardware supply which is used for tightening metal objects. Let it turn until it goes all the way through as the threads and the sharp point make their own hole. Be careful not to over tighten the screw since the metal can be damaged or the screw can break. Stabilize the screw so it doesn t tilt as it goes in and twist the screw into the metal.

Sheet metal screws can be either self tapping or standard. To use self tapping screws place the screw directly on the aluminum sheet. Unlike wooden rivets which are threaded only partially the above mentioned screw s shank is entirely threaded.