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Does anyone have a trick for this problem with self-driving screws? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by NataliePortland@lemmy.ca to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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Situation: using a screw gun to drive in the self-driving screws (the star shaped ones) horizontally, and sometimes at a difficult angle above my head. Hard to get good leverage like that. The driver starts spinning the screw but it doesn’t catch right away and then the screw jumps out and falls on the ground.

Has this happened to you? Is there a trick for that?

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[–] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 months ago

Hammer the screw in like a nail just a couple a couple millimeters before driving it.