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Not sure about the name but I would look up deck screws
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09-11-2020, 09:37 PM
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The head type could be listed as truss or wafer. Socket drive.
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Looks like a pocket hole screw to my non-expert eye. Check McFeeley's
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(09-11-2020, 08:39 PM)sroxberg Wrote: It has a very flat head, like a pan head but the top is flat, and very thin. Probably metric because the parts lists calls it a m27-1.5 inches long. The point if flat.
The screw is to hold a slider metal bar on a porch swing into an upright made out of Trex.
https://shopee.com.my/M5-M6-Button-Head-...1695973761
4 or 5 mm hex drive, not that it matters.
Might be a button head screw. Closest I've come is here:
https://shopee.com.my/M5-M6-Button-Head-...1695973761
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The threads look very similar to those used for particle board or MDF. Closest I can come up with a a truss head deck screw.
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(09-11-2020, 08:39 PM)sroxberg Wrote: It has a very flat head, like a pan head but the top is flat, and very thin. Probably metric because the parts lists calls it a m27-1.5 inches long. The point if flat.
The screw is to hold a slider metal bar on a porch swing into an upright made out of Trex.
Any name so I can source some?
4 or 5 mm hex drive, not that it matters.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-7-m.../204273733
Wafer head socket cap screws, usually called connecting screws. Common in flat pack furniture and outdoor DIY playgrounds.
