Anyone made his own wood screws?

[Kees Heiden]

Why not?

[Christian Thompson]

Wow. That's pretty cool :-). I always like doing this kind of thing just to see how it's done. Can't imagine making too many of them, though!

[Malcolm Schweizer]

Now that is taking it to the next level. Well done.

[Steve Voigt]

Why not?

Indeed, why not? Because we can!

Very cool, Kees. My favorite line from your blog post:

The slot is cut with a hacksaw, not too precisely in the middle, because I suspect many of the old time screwmakers must have been pretty drunk.

[Kees Heiden]

Thanks for the kudoos. It was indeed a bit of a "why not" moment. I've read about these handmade screws and was wondering if I could do it too. And then I couldn't find usefull screws locally anymore, so that set things in motion. This is all white smithing of course, but I am looking more and more at blacksmithing too. I'd love to give it a go some day.