wood screw noisy / squealing?
Ok…..i’m screwing 2 1/2″ wood screws into pine wood with a cordless drill. When the screws are going in or out / fast or slow / predrilled or not / wet or dry / the screws squeal.
Yes… a squealing noise as the threads of the wood screws rub against the wood while in contact. It’s a piercing noise…..sounds like i’m killing someone. lol.
I’m working in the garage downstairs and the wife can’t take it anymore.
Any woodworking tips on how to stop a wood screw squealing while it is being drilled into the wood??
Thanks
Ahhhh……soap!! of course …..thanks to all of you…..you’ve been a great help!!
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Two options… Dip each screw in oil before you screw it or get the wife earplugs.
Good Luck!
Coat them with wax. I use a small candle.
Try rubbing the screws over a bar of soap.
roll them on a bar of soap a couple times.
any kind of liquid soap. squirt just a little bit on each screw, using to much will create a film if it were to squirt out and not allow any coating to adhere on your project, that is if you were making good that need to be finished. have fun and stop irking your wife or you will be screwed with no lube. good luck.
Soap will attract moisture and rust the screws. Avoid it.
You can use paraffin wax either as canning wax or from an old candle. I’ve also used bees wax and a special screw lube.
If you don’t want to spend the money for this http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=10265&filter=screw%20lube use a cheap tube of Chap-Stick.
Use wax or soap, even liquid dish soap will work.
The real answer here may be to predrill the holes.
All are good suggestions. Many guys in construction will put the screws in thier mouth or rub them in thier hair. I use wax or predrill holes.
DO NOT dip the screws in oil. -it will eventually degrade the wood.
Old Carpenters trick, (learned from old carpenter grandpa).
Take a moist bar of soap.
Just stroke the soap with the threads of the screw before installing it.
Screw is lubricated, goes in easier, no noise, no damage to the wood.
beeswax…
These are the do not’s first
Do not use liquid soap, bar soap, oil of any kind, candle wax, spit, water.
do: Go to a lumber ward and get a small plug of carpenters wax, it’s bees wax, or get a roll of plumbers toilet wax, it’s soft and sticky and cheaper.