Desks, vanities, kitchen tables, beds what do these have in common? They're all furniture, yes. But they all also have various parts requiring the presence of a good fastener to hold them together. Consider this your introduction to the fascinating world of nuts, bolts and screws.
Technically, a fastener is any piece of hardware that joins two or more objects together permanently (unlike most vises and clamps). So as you can imagine, the category encompasses a wide variety of pieces, from nuts and bolts, to hanging up a picture.
Types of Fasteners
A nearly limitless variety of fasteners exists to meet every possible hardware need.
*coil bolts are designed to mate with wire coils.
*Pneumatic nail guns are a faster way to put up walls in homes.
*flathead screwdriver. These threaded fasteners differ from bolts in that they have sharp points and do not require nuts to stay in place.
*sockets to fit in the fasteners.
*threaded fasteners and guard the surfaces on which they are connected.
