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London’s Crystal Palace is the first building known to have used standard screw threads.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
The pilot holes’ diameter should be about 40% of the outer diameter of the screw threads.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 30 Nov. 2024
Instead, use an extendible pole with screw threads for attaching painting tools.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
Their screw threads on the outside grip the drywall.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2019
The researchers dubbed the sounds tornillos, the Spanish word for screws, because on the monitors, the sound waves looked like screw threads.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 18 June 2018
Apply silicone grease to the screw threads, then reassemble the faucet in reverse sequence.
—The Editors Of House Beautiful, House Beautiful, 11 Feb. 2015
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
The pilot holes’ diameter should be about 40% of the outer diameter of the screw threads.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 30 Nov. 2024
Instead, use an extendible pole with screw threads for attaching painting tools.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
Their screw threads on the outside grip the drywall.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2019
The researchers dubbed the sounds tornillos, the Spanish word for screws, because on the monitors, the sound waves looked like screw threads.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 18 June 2018
Apply silicone grease to the screw threads, then reassemble the faucet in reverse sequence.
—The Editors Of House Beautiful, House Beautiful, 11 Feb. 2015
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“Screw thread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screw%20thread. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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