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Steve Lusardi Steve Lusardi is offline
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Default S/S screw + Fiberglass

NEVER, never, never ever use fasteners in FG! They always fail. Fasteners
apply concentrated load to a very small area. The correct method is to bond
into the FG structure either metal or wood to accept the fastener and spread
the load over a wide area.
Steve

"Hanz" wrote in message
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Has anyone try to put s/s self tapping screws into fiberglass and have the
screw break.. :-( Can a put liquid soap or grease/oil on the screw
before screwing it in to the fiberglass??



Any ideas??


Hanz