Nylon screws for holding material down

[hrshie3]

Does anyone now where I can find nylon screws to hold down a 4x8 sheet of material.

[wingnut]

Personally I perfer using plastic toilet seat bolts found at any hardware store.I figure if it holds my fat butt it will hold down just about anything.

Wing

[gerald_d]

We have at least 3 stockists (Cape Plastics, Bolt & Nut Centre, Topfast), but I don't think you want to buy them from Cape Town, South Africa. Where are you? Have you asked at your local stores that stock industrial fasteners?

[noah@noahsart.co.nz]

In the UK they sell nylon bolts and nuts to hold number plates on cars.

[gerald_d]

Simon, the number plate screws sold here are of some plastic that is much weaker than nylon. I suspect the the toilet seat screws may also not be of industrial grade nylon.

[dhunt]

As much as I dislike using screws for hold-downs, they remain appropriate for some jobs, especially where none-too-flat wood is supplied by the customer.
Based on a scale-of-hardness approach, brass screws remain the best option so far(?), given that brass is a good deal softer than hardened-steel router bits and/or solid carbide.
But yes, a true plastic screw would be a definite God-send..

[gerald_d]

www.plasticnutsandbolts.com (http://www.plasticnutsandbolts.com/) could be useful for some ShopBotters

[toys]

If you can afford it there are plastic nails by Raptor that can be shot with one of their air nailers.

[joe crumley]

Howard,

I have purchased smallthreaded bolts a my local Lowes in the specialty package area, nuts and bolt section.

Joe