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OK this need some clarifying, what measurements do we use in Australia to size screws and fasteners?

Well it seems we don’t really know whether to go metric or imperial so strangely enough we’ve decided to adopt a policy of ‘making it up as we go along’, let me elaborate …

European and most metricated countries use [...]

This is a pretty common scenario, maybe your building a structural frame for your decking or even framing a house, whatever your project you suddenly find your self with a pile of structural grade timber and no bolts or fasteners to put it together … and maybe even less idea of which ones to to [...]

An often asked question and the answer is …. none. The fact is plasterboard and drywall sheets are pretty weak materials, particularly for point loads where you can have all the load of a large item resting on a few small areas, a kitchen cabinet may actually only be fixed to the wall in 2 [...]

Heres a handy screws conversion table to quickly help you convert metric screw sizes and diameters to imperial guage and vice versa, guaranteed to save all that headscratching. Print it out and stick it in your toolbox …. you never know when you might need it. I’ll be happy to post another for bolts and [...]

Ever wondered why your screwdriver slips when your trying to tighten a screw or just rips the head up until you can’t get a screwdriver in it at all. Well, chances are your using the wrong screwdriver, it may look the same but its not, all screws have a particular drive system and a particular [...]

Hello everyone and a warm welcome to our online hardware and fastener blog.

So what’s it about? …  well hopefully it will be a fairly light hearted way of passing on some general info about fasteners along with plenty of hints and tips on how to use them, stuff which is well known to us in [...]