#6 x 5/8″ Flat Head Wood Screw Nickel, Box of 100, by Blum

Description

#6 x 5/8″ Flat Head Wood Screw Nickel, Box of 100, by Blum, Blum cabinet hardware, sold as a box of 100. General woodworking / drawer box.

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What this screw is

The #6 x 5/8″ screw, part 11601251, is a general woodworking screw, useful for drawer bottoms, backs, and fixing hardware where a plain flat head is wanted. Size #6 x 5/8″, flat head, nickel finish. The #6 x 5/8″ screw, part 11601251, is sold by the box of 100, which is how shops buy it. Blum is the maker.

Where to use it

The #6 x 5/8″ screw, part 11601251,: use it wherever a small flat head wood screw is wanted around a drawer or cabinet. The nickel finish on the #6 x 5/8″ screw (part 11601251) matches nickel hinges and plates. Screw length on the #6 x 5/8″ screw (part 11601251) matters against drawer side thickness: a screw that is too long comes through a 1/2 inch side, which is why Drawer side thickness lists side thicknesses next to the hardware each one takes.

Driving it

Match the bit to the head on the #6 x 5/8″ screw (part 11601251), drive it snug, and stop there; plywood and particleboard strip out fast once a screw is overdriven. On a slide, start with the horizontal slots on the #6 x 5/8″ screw (part 11601251), check the drawer runs true, then add the fixed holes last. How to install a replacement drawer box covers mounting a box on side mount slides and How to install undermount drawer slides covers undermount runners if that is the job the #6 x 5/8″ screw (part 11601251) is for.

Pair it with

Every drawer box we ship from our Las Vegas shop is ready for hardware like the #6 x 5/8″ screw (part 11601251): a custom size dovetail drawer box in Baltic Birch or Hard Maple (Select Grade), or a standard size drawer box. Built in USA. Hardware that pairs with the #6 x 5/8″ screw (part 11601251) is in side mount slides and undermount slides, hinges and plates in cabinet hinges, and the rest of the screws in cabinet screws.

Questions

What finish does the #6 x 5/8″ screw (part 11601251) come in?

Nickel, on the #6 x 5/8″ screw (part 11601251). It matches nickel plated hinges and plates.

What is the #6 x 5/8″ screw (part 11601251) for?

General drawer and cabinet woodworking where a small flat head screw is wanted.