The length of a wood screw should be about 1/8” (3) less than the

combined thickness of the boards being joined, with ½ to 2/3 of the

screw’s length penetrating the base material. Fine-threaded screws are

generally used for hardwoods while coarse-threaded ones are used for

softwoods.

Holes for screws should be predrilled and be equal to the base diameter

of the threads. Some screws, such as self-tapping and drywall screws,

are designed to tap corresponding female threads as they are driven.

BOLTS

Bolts are threaded metal pins or rods, usually having a head at one end,

designed to be inserted through holes in assembled parts and secured by a

mating nut. Carriage bolts are used where the head may be inaccessible to

the placement of a nut or where an exceptionally long bolt would be

needed to penetrate a joint fully.

• Lengths: ¾” to 30” (75 to 760)

• Diameters: ¼” to 1-¼” (6 to

32)