3D Printed Screw Length and Pilot Hole Gauge: Pick the Right Screw Before You Drill

A bright home workshop scene on a workbench

Introduction Every workshop has the drawer: a jumble of screws in mixed lengths, diameters, and head styles, most of them unlabelled. Faced with joining two boards, you guess. Too long, and the tip pokes through the far side. Too short, and the joint pulls apart under the first real load. Too fat without a pilot … Read more