Screw 'U'

stevemastic · Post by **stevemastic** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:49 pm

I have to thank panlid for puting me on to these

I always used to use gold screw & the quick silver range but after using Reisser r2 & the r2 cutter range I am converted

they do cost a little more and the extra few pence per box is well worth it, as they drive very near to the edge of the work, no pilot hole & most important no cam out ever.There is a test in the sf catalogue with the turbo gold being the best, but I find when you remove a turbo gold (for what ever reason

) the thread pitch is full of timber,where the r2 is nearly always clean. give one box a whirl on your next job & report back

http://www.reisser.co.uk/index.htm

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:14 am

"they do cost a little more "

i would hate for you to say a lot more

gold ----3.5x40-------- 0.54p for 100

Reisser-3.5x40-------£4.44 for 100

8 times the price

tim'll fix it · Post by **tim'll fix it** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:29 am

3.5 x 40 are £3.18 at sfx for 200

4.0 x 25 are £2.74 at sfx for 200 and £2.39 at howdens

stevemastic · Post by **stevemastic** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:07 pm

Has anyone apart from panlid tried them?

tim'll fix it · Post by **tim'll fix it** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:01 pm

yes I bought a box of 4.0 x 25 the other day from howdens and didnt even realise

i wanted some gold coloured screws for brass hinges, I use quick silver normally.

I didnt have any problems using them, but then I dont have any problems with standard quick silver

panlid · Post by **panlid** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:24 pm

i dont have a problem with quick silver either but were talking about ease of use. i think there is quite a gap between quality of the QS and the R2 imo. obviously tim feels different. if there was one standard then there would only be one screw!
i remember when i converted to R2. i gave my apprentice a mix and told him to put some ply down and use whatever he prefered. i still have boxes of QS left that i will probably never use unless doing chrome hinges or the like.
remember to not use them externally steve.
i have also started to use spax and they are another step up.

stevemastic · Post by **stevemastic** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:54 pm

I've tried the gold screw+ not over struck how to they compare tp Spax?

tim'll fix it · Post by **tim'll fix it** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:07 pm

i am aware of the limitations of QS and use them accordingly, when screwing ply down i have a box of spax screws and agree they are much better than QS for starting and pulling the head in.

The biggest change however I found was when I got an impact driver, this makes putting screws in so much easier

marksson · Post by **marksson** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:44 pm

I've started buying spax in bulk to try & get the cost down, but there is no way I could go back to using quick silver.

Had a job recently, labour only (on a price), large areas of ply flooring to go down & he had supplied quick silver screws, it was more cost effective in labour terms for me to supply spax screws and swallow the cost.

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:59 pm

I only ever use turbogolds as they are excellent

Turbogold screws are also UHM approved

bathstyle · Post by **bathstyle** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:11 pm

'Goldscrews' I snap the heads off more than I have hot dinners in a year but they are very cheap

marfulee · Post by **marfulee** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:32 pm

I like Turbogold too, I've also tried a box of Spax torx head floorboard screws which were fantastic, if only all screws were torx