$6.00 Shop Now The humble coarse-thread drywall screw is built to fasten drywall to wood or light-gauge steel framing, but it’s also a low-cost and simple fastener for making wood-to-wood ...

The test fixture was similarly expedient — just a piece of wood with a hole drilled in ... of the capabilities of 3D-printed threaded fasteners, and their limitations.

These fasteners have been designed to assemble unconventional materials, such as ultra high-strength steel and bioplastics.

The wide variety of threaded inserts allows the users to find exactly the right fastening element to use for their own manufacturing process. Self-tapping screw-in designs, for example for use in ...