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will steel self drillers attatch a banner to wall?
Hi everyone, wee bit of advice needed please. Im fitting a light duty banner wall mount system to a free standing 150mm square pole. The pole is made of steel, do you think steel self drillers will do the trick (tho they are really ugly) or can anyone think of a better method which is more visually pleasing?
Thanx again
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Large flat head rivets may look better.
People like commercial body shops or Brown brothers will stock them.
Peter -
not sure if we are thinking same thing but ide use tech bolts. (tight threads for steel)
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are they the same as tak screws robert, sort of ugly self drillers that you can also get for wood and aluminium?
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sounds same mate, have a head on them with metal washer with rubber ring below. you need a special adapter for your drill to hold them?
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aye thats them, prob will use them, we call em tak screws. only thing is they are real ugly
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I saw a rubber cover thing for those, can’t remember where I saw it though… probably a freebie catologue thing that came to the shop. Not much help am I? I’ll shut up now 😳
Cheers, Dewi
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yeh we have the covers too dewi, got them in about 5 colours. last ages coz you have to buy about 500 at a time. to be honest i think they actually draw more attention to the fixing even though they are coloured coz they make them look bilkier?
if i have to use them but want to hide as much as possible ill spray the heads then fix. -
We get screw covers from a company named Kompan. They make playground equipment. The covers are great for certain applications, not sure if it would be right for this though.
-Marek -
hi david,
we use the tek-screw with covers too..you could try a local steel works…
the guys near us use the coloured caps on the tek-screws for erecting cladding on sheds and warehouses etc. to hide the screws….good luck
brian
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Ok if you really want to do a good job,
use countersunk machine screws, and drill and tap the steelwork.
Peter
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