Metric wood screws?

[Rob Z]

For Strumerman or any other chippys here!

How are wood screws sized in the UK and Europe? My customer just got some hinges for a door, and while they are standard size for the US**** (dimensions of the hinge leaves are in inches) the screws seems to be non-imperial. Our standard for identifyng wood screws is size on a number scale by the length in inches. (#6, #8, #10, #12, and so on X length in inches)

The screws included with the hinge are too short and I need to find some that are longer but of the same head size/diameter.


For example, the size I need is just a shade smaller than #10 X 1 1/4". I have all kinds of metric wrenches, bits, hex keys, rulers, bolt templates, sockets, etc etc, but nothing that shows me that there is another standard for wood screws.

I need to track these down for my customer and finish our job, so any info would be helpful.


****these hinges came from China, so the other wild card is that it is standard screws but just mis-made.:mad2:

 

[DHTiling]

Hi Rob..here is a uk metric and imperial conversion chart..


Sizes of screws, metric and imperial screw sizes, screw size to use

 

[Rob Z]

Hi Dave, that looks like what I will need ...but the thing won't open for me now. :mad2: :mad2:

I'll try later-thanks mate.

 

[DHTiling]

Does this one open rob..

Screw Size Equivalents

 

[DHTiling]

Or this one.. Metric/Imperial screw equivalents

 

[lucius]

Always a prob nowadays Rob with the crap coming out of China, i prefer slotted screws on hinges just think that is the proper way and looks proffessional, cant even buy them in Spain.
Lucius

 

[CBTC]

Spax - the screw to use in my humble...

 

[mikethetile]

hi rob

its number 7 for 3 inch butts

7s also fit the metric equivalent

 

[Rob Z]

Thanks everyone. I've been feeling schizo lately because are getting products that are from all over the place and with both metric and imperial even within the sameappliance,product, etc.:mad2: So I have to now stock a full set of everything (metric and imperial) in the shop and then in each of the trucks.:yikes:

Then add in the unknown of WTF it is that has come from China and who knows what to do?:incazzato:

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