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Thread ID: 101797 2009-07-27 08:18:00 Let's make Metla a Moderator Greg (193) PC World Chat
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795744 2009-07-29 09:28:00 With wood screws, the thread always starts with a point. Saves you having to pre-drill the hole :)

Good point Myth.
Cicero (40)
795745 2009-07-29 10:48:00 With wood screws, the thread always starts with a point. Saves you having to pre-drill the hole :)

Nope; it ends with a point.
On one end is a driving adapter, (to fit the hammer for putting it in, or a screwdriver for taking it out) and on the other end is a point.
Both are on ends, QED.
R2x1 (4628)
795746 2009-07-29 11:43:00 Nope; it ends with a point.
Well that's entirely relative to which end you are looking at first
Myth (110)
795747 2009-07-29 11:46:00 There's no point, without an ending ;)

And you should know from attempting to put a screw in a confined space whether for carpentry or domestic purposes, that starting is nigh impossible.
R2x1 (4628)
795748 2009-07-29 19:37:00 ...
And you should know from attempting to put a screw in a confined space whether for carpentry or domestic purposes, that starting is nigh impossible.... and usually requires the input (aka nagging) of SWMBO :p
Myth (110)
795749 2009-07-29 19:52:00 A hammer for the putting in of screws is just a paddy screwdriver, not all screws have a point some are blunt and some like Tekscrews have a drill bit on the end instead of a pointy bit, are you sure your not getting confused with a pointy hat gary67 (56)
795750 2009-07-29 20:30:00 A hammer for the putting in of screws is just a paddy screwdriver, not all screws have a point some are blunt and some like Tekscrews have a drill bit on the end instead of a pointy bit, are you sure your not getting confused with a pointy hat
I'm just an old fashioned chap who enjoys an old fashioned screw...

I forgot about the new style of screwing :o
Myth (110)
795751 2009-07-29 21:03:00 Well that's entirely relative to which end you are looking at first

Which raises an interesting point....if you spin a wheel clockwise, and then look at it from the other side, it is now going anti-clockwise.

Likewise with a right handed screw thread, if you look at it from the other end is it now a left handed thread ?????????

I firmly convinced a physics undergraduate from Sheffield that this was so, or was it that he already thought this and was trying to convince me with deep thoughts about parity, either way it was about half an hour before I could pick myself up from the floor...........
Terry Porritt (14)
795752 2009-07-29 21:29:00 Blunt screws are why they make bigger hammers. R2x1 (4628)
795753 2009-07-29 21:42:00 Well, for NCEA you can get credits for picking up rubbish. FOR the M$ exam, you just sort out the rubbish. R2x1 (4628)
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