Hi Florian,

Thank you for explaining that, it will be useful knowledge once I set out to
make my own DIY cabinet.

Merry Christmas,
Silas

On 12/20/06, Florian Anwander < Florian.Anwander@... > wrote:
>
> Hi Silas
>
> > I think it's simply called a wood screw in English.
> A wood screw has a slightly conic shaft, with no windings on the upper
> end.
>
> http://www.preisvergleich.org/pimages/100ER-SENK-HOLZSCHRAUBE-DIN-97-3-X-10BR_39__827707_40.jpg
>
> A spax has a straigh shaft. Wood screws are used for fixing two parts of
> wood to each other. A spax is intended to be used to fix something other
> on a particle board (or is it called "pressboard")
>
> Floria
>
>


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