#8 x 1/2" Stainless Steel Phillips Pan Head Tek Screw 410
#8 x 1/2" Stainless Steel Phillips Pan Head Tek Screw 410 Self-drilling screws, often called Tek screws, save you time and effort by drilling their own holes and fastening in a single operation. They feature a notched tip that drills it’s own hole in metal and then forms or taps mating threads. Designed for speed and convenience, a properly specified self-drilling screw requires only a Screw gun for installation, eliminating the need for a pilot bit or a pre-drilled hole. Self-drilling screws are available in different head styles and materials and can be used for a variety of different applications such as fastening Metal to Metal or Wood to Metal. Teks will not fasten securely into wood so are best specified for applications where metal is the base layer of a fastened assembly. In this scenario a Tek, (self-drilling) screw works very well for securing wood, steel siding, rigid insulation and other construction materials to a suitable metal backing. Pan Head Teks are manufactured of