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<blockquote data-quote="marshman" data-source="post: 427052" data-attributes="member: 12129"><p>Stainless machine screws will thread in to aluminum just fine with the right size starter hole and hold great.. I've done it lots of times...as long as the aluminum is at least 1/16 thick... I find that the coarser thread like a sheet metal screw won't hold well... Think about it.. Sheet metal that's only 1/16 or 1/8 thick with a course thread screw threaded in to it--only about 1 thread is gripping...</p><p></p><p>**sheet metal screws are for screwing (fastening) two pieces of sheet metal together... Not a piece of plywood to sheet metal...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marshman, post: 427052, member: 12129"] Stainless machine screws will thread in to aluminum just fine with the right size starter hole and hold great.. I've done it lots of times...as long as the aluminum is at least 1/16 thick... I find that the coarser thread like a sheet metal screw won't hold well... Think about it.. Sheet metal that's only 1/16 or 1/8 thick with a course thread screw threaded in to it--only about 1 thread is gripping... **sheet metal screws are for screwing (fastening) two pieces of sheet metal together... Not a piece of plywood to sheet metal... [/QUOTE]
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