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   oldusty | Mar 30, 2009 01:17am | #1

     Maybe he threads and makes his own wood screws ?

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   planespeaking | Mar 30, 2009 01:32am | #3

   Dang....he is pretty good but I doubt it!

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   oldusty | Mar 30, 2009 02:21am | #5

      plane ,

               Do I sense a bit of skepticism ?

        Heck , Beall and others have made and sold wood threading tools for years , do you not think it can be done ?

          It would be interesting to see what folks feel would be impossible to make out of wood ?

                                regards          dusty ,a boxmaker

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   planespeaking | Mar 30, 2009 03:16am | #8

   Yes...I have turned wooden threads for clamps and other jigs...It is a lot of fun. However, I am sure the steel screws I saw are made for wood! Thanks to all!

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   Jamie_Buxton | Mar 30, 2009 01:23am | #2

   Lee Valley has black pan-head screws:

    

   http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=2&p=40977&cat=3,41306,41315&ap=1

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   planespeaking | Mar 30, 2009 01:40am | #4

   I saw those...They are sheet metal screws...Looking for wood screws.

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   RickL | Mar 30, 2009 04:43pm | #11

   We use pan head, truss head as well as flat head sheet metal screws in wood in a commmercial shop and have been for years . Dare you to find a difference in performance. Certainly the difference is better not less.  Sheet metal screws are better quality and the straight shank is better than the old fashioned tapered shank woodscrews.  You can get then in philips, pozidrive, square drive and torx, cluthch drive, frearson and a few others.

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   planespeaking | Mar 31, 2009 02:18am | #13

   Thanks for all of the info. I have never posted on this site and I have been amazed at the helpful responses...

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   Jamie_Buxton | Mar 30, 2009 02:26am | #6

   McFeelys has square-recess wood screws with black oxide plating and a round head.  Use their Search box with "black oxide".  

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   nazard | Mar 30, 2009 03:11am | #7

   You might try GRK cabinet screws.  They have a large washer head and plenty of strength.  GRK should be a stock item in most good hardware stores and lumber yards.  Do not come in black, however....

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   flairwoodworks | Mar 30, 2009 08:22am | #9

   LV has these too.
   http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=2&p=58001cat=3,41306

   Chris @ www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
   (soon to be www.flairwoodworks.com)

    - Success is not the key to happiness.  Happiness is the key to success.  If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer

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   furndr | Mar 30, 2009 03:25pm | #10

   In repairing antiques I am often faced with making modern screws look "old". I try to find modern screws as close to the right size and shape as possible and "antique" them. Remove the new finish with a motorized wheel brush or acid. Then, heat them with a propane torch until they are very dark blue or black and immediately plunge them into a small container of motor oil. It's fast and easy to get a nice black finish.

   Dan 

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   Timberwerks | Mar 30, 2009 06:11pm | #12

   Are these similar, http://www.horton-brasses.com/store/nails/pyramidhead3 I haven't seen the screws you mention so I'm taking a guess. The screws pictured are ones I picked up from a local blacksmith, they are similar to the ones from Horton. The ones I picked up from the blacksmith may have came from tremont nail but that was years ago.

   Timberwerks Studio Blog 

    

    

   
   

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   shopteacher | Apr 01, 2009 01:52am | #14

   Try these guys, I bought vintage screws for vintage hinges.  They are great.

   http://www.blacksmithbolt.com/index.html