12-07-2019, 07:29 PM
I like screws sometimes where I may need to disassemble something, or am going for an industrial look. But even pricey "wood" screws don't always look good. I just bought a new batch of almost 5,000 drywall screws because they were on sale for like half a cent per screw or something like that. Sometimes I use deck screws, because I have them, and they have this problem, too.
What I'm talking about is letters or symbols stamped on the screwhead, sometimes twice. I never noticed them until I started removing the paint from the screw to get that shimmering machined look. Once the paint's gone, the stamp is essentially highlighted. Takes a bit of time to remove that. I'm probably spending about a minute or two per screw which I feel is more than I'd like. I'm chucking the screws upside down in the drill press and coming down on new 60-grit sandpaper scraps.
My first guess for something faster is making a jig for the screws to contact the flat sides of the grinder wheel. I figure I'm still going to have to go back to the drill press for that circular scratch pattern.
What I'm talking about is letters or symbols stamped on the screwhead, sometimes twice. I never noticed them until I started removing the paint from the screw to get that shimmering machined look. Once the paint's gone, the stamp is essentially highlighted. Takes a bit of time to remove that. I'm probably spending about a minute or two per screw which I feel is more than I'd like. I'm chucking the screws upside down in the drill press and coming down on new 60-grit sandpaper scraps.
My first guess for something faster is making a jig for the screws to contact the flat sides of the grinder wheel. I figure I'm still going to have to go back to the drill press for that circular scratch pattern.