Screws are everywhere. They hold your life, and your furniture, together. Screws come in all different shapes and sizes but chances are you're probably only familiar with a few of them.

They're available in different sizes, but the most useful ones are similar in diameter and length to a 16d nail. For example, Spax makes a No. 9 screw that's 3¼ inches long. You can use these ...

There is an entire world beyond slotted and Phillips head screws. Learn your screw types and a whole lot more about the history of screws. For each screw drive type, from ancient Slot through to ...

The tool took on many different shapes and sizes, though for a long time every version was still for flat slotted screws, which were the only type around. This changed in 1908, when Canadian P.L. ...