Plastic Screws

[trakwebster]

I've seen several references to plastic screws. Although I've seen nylon bolts and nuts in the MSC Industrial catalog (www.mscdirect.com), I cannot seem to locate any 'plastic screws'. The few web searches seemed to lead nowhere. Elsewhere on this forum, somebody said that 'Raptor sells plastic screws,' but I cannot seem to find Raptor either.

Anybody know where to buy plastic screws?

[davidallen]

Arthur,

www.raptornails.com
sells plastic nails and staples. At one time they were working on coarse thread wood screws.

You might call them and see if they can refer you to a source of screws.

da

[trakwebster]

Thanks for the tip!

I will call them. However, it sort of sounds like maybe there is no such thing as 'plastic screws', despite the occasional reference to them.

Has anybody ever actually seen or touched a 'plastic screw'?

[patricktoomey]

What about making a quick mold of an appropriate size screw and then casting your own using something like this...
http://www.rplastics.com/resins.html
It would be easier to buy them if you can find them but if not then casting should be fairly fast. Also, since you wouldn't need to replace them very often you wouldn't need to make large quantities.

[bill.young]

Arthur,

Raptor are the folks that had them. They were never listed in their catalogs or web site that I could find but they used to have them in their booths at shows like the WoodenBoat Show...not sure if they were a regular item or not.

Bill

[trakwebster]

Then I'll persist with the Raptor folks. I've been in the shop all day today, but will try calling them tomorrow.

[dhunt]

Please let us know what you find out, becoz
(Raptor may not know this but..)
there might be quite a lil market out there for plastic screws,
among the CNC router-table community

[stevedavidpotter]

This any good ??

Uk company Moss Plastics

http://www.mossplastics.com/mss/mss-...R-6ETKZM-55200

[gerald_d]

Does www.Skiffy.com operate out there? They are only one of a couple of suppliers of plastic screws out here.

[trakwebster]

Hi, botters,

I spoke today with the nice folks at Raptor (actually 'Utility Composites, Inc' in Round Rock, Texas) and although their catalog at http://www.raptornails.com doesn't show any screws, they do have one plastic screw. It is 1" in length, and the nice lady is sending me a couple as samples.

If these work, they'd be nice for attaching (from the underside) a spoilboard or jig to the underlying table.

The lady who works there suggests, however, using one of their nails if attaching plywood to the table to be cut. (I personally don't like the idea of messing up my beautiful spoilboard! But maybe I'll feel differently after I've messed it up!)

Maybe I'll know more soon.