An impact driver is the workhorse in any workshop. Dealing with screws and other fasteners that require some real muscle to handle? Step aside, cordless drill, and let the impact driver take over.

It’s easy to cut bolts and small machine screws to length. On the other hand, there isn’t any job so small or simple that it can’t be done wrong, and this is a classic example. Get it right, and you ...

One of the greatest advantages of designing plastic parts is the vast number of assembly options a designer can apply to his or her design. The most common among these options is the use of screws.

BMW has filed a patent for a new fastener design that underscores the automaker’s long-standing willingness to chart its own ...

Among my prized possessions I include Machinery's Handbook, which provides important information about fasteners, machining, tooling, gears, and materials. But this tome runs over 2,500 pages, so I ...

BMW has filed a patent for new fasteners that feature the brand’s distinctive 'roundel' logo as the screw head.

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 given ...

Shoulder screws, also known as shoulder bolts and stripper bolts, are machine screws with an integral shoulder or journal between the head and thread. Although they are not readily available in local ...

As some companies revolutionize the displays we rely on with ultra-thin technologies that can be literally folded in half, 0thers have focused on improving less flashier tech, like the lowly screw, ...

They hold together everything from the most delicate watch to the largest bridge. The world is literally kept from coming apart by screws and bolts, and yet we don’t often give a thought to these ...

Few things seem more hopeless than when you’re in the process of removing a bolt, screw, or stud and it breaks. At that point, you know it’s all over but the crying. You’ve busted a bolt off in a ...