It’s time to settle an age-old debate: nails vs. screws. Both are a form of ancient wood-fastening technology that still get the job done today. But how do you know which one to use for any ...

Let's say you want a woodworking screw that's easier to drive in than a nail and more likely to stick in place than a glob of glue. In this case, your best bets would be screws with torx or ...

With MDF, the fastener in an edge seems to create a bump in the surface of the board and also create a separation in the wood around the fastener. A. When you put a nail or screw into the wood ...

If you’re working with wood, then wood screws, nails, or staples meant for fastening wood are the right choice. For metal, there are sheet metal screws and bolts, as well as “self-tapping ...

Let's say you want a woodworking screw that's easier to drive in than a nail and more likely to stick ... the little ridges that actually cut into the wood and drive the screw down.

Metal wood screws are superior to nails because they have threads instead of smooth shanks like most nails. The threads let them grip the surrounding wood with much more power than nails ...

Toe-screwing and toe-nailing involve driving a fastener at an angle (about 45 percent) through the end (or edge) of one piece of wood into another. Example: Two studs are side by side in a wall ...

The modern solution to this is to use screws through pockets in the face of the flooring, and then hide the fasteners with a wood plug in the pocket. Bradley Ford Driving the nail at an angle ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Pieces of wood can be joined together in many different ways. Nails, screws and glue are the most common ways to ...