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It is not a good practice, but people do it. Some will tap a screw with a hammer to start a hole. Others will drive it all the way in. That is bad for the screw and the wood.
Hammering a screw is counter-productive and will not have good results:
- When you hammer a nail into wood, the sides of the nail compress the wood. The compressed wood wants to expand pressing on the sides of the nail. The pressure keeps the nail in place preventing it from coming out of the wood.
- When you hammer a screw into wood, the threads of the screw "chew out" the wood pressing it downward, possibly compressing it in a downward direction, leaving little or no wood to hold the screw in place The compressed wood, wanting to expand may tend to expand upwards pushing the screw out.
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What is the analogy for hammer is to nail?
hammer - nail screwdriver - screw
What is nail to hammer as to screw?
A screwdriver.
Nail is to hammer as screw is to what?
A screwdriver.
What is a London screwdriver?
A hammer (slang amongst Brighton builders, who say that builders in London are too lazy to screw in a screw so they just hammer it in)
How big is a hammer head?
square the diameter of screw.
If an old 12 gauge Parker straight stock damascus has one flat hammer screw and one rounded screw which is correct?
Flat. Should be flush with the side of the hammer.
How does the use of a nail differ from the use of a screw?
ones called a nail the others called a screw. Also you hammer in a nail but screw in a screw. Hope this answer helps. :)
Can you use a hammer to screw in a nail?
Nails are not screwed in they are driven in.
How do you change freeze plugs 1989 dodge shadow?
slide hammer and and a screw drill the screw in the freeze plug then pull it with a slide hammer and it should pop out then tap the new one in with a rubber mallet
How do you finish if you striped the screw and its not all the way in?
You could do 1 of two things, 1)either take a hammer and pound it the rest of the way. 2) or take the back of a hammer and take it out and try a different screw.
How do you get plastic screw anchors into drilled holes?
Tap them in "lightly" with a hammer or a mallet.
Difference between a nail and a screw?
A nail has a smooth straight shaft and a flat head that requires a hammer to pound the nail in. A screw has rivets on the shaft and the head has a shape to it so a screwdriver is needed to screw in the screw.
