Comments on: Torx Lag Screws https://joeprin.com/product-review/torx-lag-screws/ Joe Prin's Weekly Live Talk Radio Home Improvement Program Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:47:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Philip A. Greene https://joeprin.com/product-review/torx-lag-screws/comment-page-1/#comment-137170 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:47:48 +0000 http://joeprin.com/?p=1184#comment-137170 I am building a half dozen “Maloof style” barstools for a client but am having a hard time finding torx lags. There are many smaller torx screws used in these chairs (#10 X 3 1/2″)but the ones fastening the lower rungs and foot rest to the chairs are, in my opinion, too small in diameter. I need to remove these temporary smaller screws and replace them with a normal 1/4″ X 3 1/2″ lag bolt with a good shoulder; with one exception. The head!

The barstool legs are counter sunk so that the head of the screw will be covered by a wooden plug. The counter sink holes are only 1/2″ in diameter. A normal 1/4″ lag bolt has a hex head that is too large to allow the coresponding driver fit inside the 1/2″ counter sink hole. The only solution is either a Torx or Allen wrench driven head. If those heads are slightly larger than 1/2″ diameter, no problem. I can grind down the O.D. until it fits.

Thanks, Philip Greene,
Wood Song Canoes
(843) 835-8137

425 Jessie Lane
Round O, SC 29474

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