There are all sorts of tricks you can use when doing wood joinery, but screws are easily the most common. Here's some great ...

These screws have sharp tips and include a fine thread along the shank. The Teks #12 x 2-3/4-in. Phillips-drive sheet metal screws are a good choice for securing wood to metal. They feature a ...

Part of that is probably because we’ve gotten so good at making them that they’re seen as cheap commodities, but the physics and engineering behind the screw thread is interesting stuff.