If You Use SCREWS in Wood, This ONE TRICK will CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
- In this video we show the #verycoolgang a little known trick when working with screws that will absolutely change you life for the better! When screwing fasteners into wood, a lot of friction is created which could leas to cam out, stripping, or snapping of fasteners all of which could damage the project you are working on. This trick we share with you today will help ease the friction when screwing into wood by lubricating the fastener. Let us know your thoughts on this life changing trick and if you already knew about it in the comments section below.
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Can’t say I knew about the soap trick
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My dad taught me the magic of soap like 40 years ago when I was but a child.
I hear that!
@@VCGConstruction my pops taught me that trick too. 😎
@@VCGConstruction And Vince, thank you for this memory, my dad went home to the Lord this morning.
Same and it works pretty well
@@Timothy-NH I'm so very sorry my friend. My Dad is with GOD and JESUS too. I love and miss him everyday. He was such a Awesome man, always there for me and our family. He taught me so many much about life and how do things right. My prayers to GOD and JESUS are with your Dad, you and your family. 😢💖
That's probably why I've seen a block of beeswax in some people's tool bags
I can remember my Grandfather's hammer. It was old with a thick wooden handle. He had a hole drilled into the end of it that he kept packed with beeswax. He always dipped the nails before driving them home when working with hardwoods. He also had Honey Bees, so the wax was always available. He used it for wooden drawer slides too.
That's a great idea. And I have bees as well so I may have to take a note out of your grandfather's book.
That's a great way of being resourceful!
Smart grandpa!
My grandfather did the soap thing with wood screws he drove by hand because nobody used power tools for screws back then. They used a flat screwdriver, a Yankee screwdriver or a flat screwdriver bit in a bit brace. Soap made them easier to drive. I have done that my whole life and I just turned 68 years old. It works. Pro tip, if you have a moist bar of soap it sticks in the threads better than a dry bar.
My Dad taught me about using soap when I was just a pup. I use it now usually when I'm working with longer screws, over 2 inches.
I can't recall if I first heard this trick from The Essential Craftsman or See Jane Drill.
But I had forgotten and I greatly appreciate the reminder!
Never used soap but was taught as an apprentice 40years ago to use bees wax or a candle. For many years I carried a small tin of wax with me. Used on hardwood or when using brass screws. Now my go to is a quick squirt of silicone spray. I see some guys add a spot of clear silicone and that works too.
Been using a candle for years for installing hardwood cabinets. Learned it from my carpenter cousin who I work with. Works great.
Yes the candle is better than soap 👏🏿
I've kept a bar of Irish Spring in my tool bags for years. Something I learned from my grandfather a LONG time ago. Thanks for sharing this tip Vince!!!
My grandfather was a finish carpenter & built the seats on the "red cars" in Los Angeles. He taught me that one. I have a friend that was a machinist before being a wrench bender. his recommendation for bolts that were rusted was to heat them with a torch & then melting some wax on them. He said the wax would work it's way along the threads & help to loosen them.
I learned soap from old carpenter Al Donifrio he was my instructor at SSC. Keep a bar of soap on my bench. Thanks for another amazing video.
i use it for a lot more than that. lots of old style cabinets and dressers around that dont have metal guide rails, soap lets the drawers slide better. and doors that are tight, but not tight enough to take down and plane can be "lubed" by rubbign a bar of soap on them. very useful item.
I worked in a factory and we often had to drive screws into metal housings and we had an in-house screw prep area where our screws were dipped in melted paraffin wax. They had what looked like a small deep fryer they used to melt the wax. It was a pain in the neck to break the screws apart when the wax dried but we never had a screw bind.
I remember my dad using soap 45 years ago... old ways aren't always the wrong way.
Ain’t that the truth!!!
Love the videos guys, and love your enthusiasm. It's obvious you love helping people and really love what you do. Keep up the great work.
Hi Guys!!! Great tip! Now I've got a use for those little hotel soaps! :-)
Good evening sir. Yes, I knew about this tip. My father taught me this. I don’t use it very often because I am only driving one or two screws. Thank you for the reminder. Enjoy your evening. God bless you.
Thanks Joseph and God bless you as well!
Thanks for resurrecting this trick Vince, there are a bunch of young DIY'ers that don't necessarily believe what an old codger like me tells them. But being presented by you on UA-cam sometimes makes it a reality for them. On a side note my Dad also used a bar of soap to quiet new V- belts that would squeal until they broke in. Keep bringing the great information and tips to the new generation and us old buzzards it is appreciated.
I worked in a patternshop many years ago, and we used predrilled pilot hole and a block of canning paraffin to set 5 and 6" screws. This was in mahogany(old growth) and hard maple, and poplar by the tonnes.
I use beeswax. Same exact way, also it's a base in a lot of my finishes. Plus it's good for your hands. The soap will dry out your hands more if you don't wash it off soon
Great video! I did learn as a kid from my grandfather around 1964, he was a master machinist. My father was a carpenter from after WWII.
Yeah ive known this trick for last 19 years as my uncle did tell me this when I was 17 yrs old and making restoration and upgrades to summer cottage 😎
Plus, don't forget that if you "cut one" in your clients house, just scrape the bar a little, I bet it could make a quick and convenient air freshener =-)
I've used leftover candle wax
I like proving the validity of the tip. I've known about it for a while but I don't remember where I first heard of it. I like the scientific approach you took to prove it works.
Hey im 22 and i do that lol works great my dad taught me when i was young. Now i do that well i have Milwaukee hanging from the hip
Yep, I learned this in wood shop class in the early 80s... I'm glad you're passing it along
Oh, and try soap on a rope when you're on the job site... That way it stays with you when you move
Well now that was a interesting and informative video. Yes I did know about soap but I've never used it on smaller regular screws like being used in this video I mostly used soap on lag screws that I was trying to tighten down and when doing that I always use something like liquid Dawn dishwashing soap. A difference was always amazing after drilling a starter hole I would take something like a 3/8 lag screw and apply the liquid soap to the threads and the difference was immense.
Dad showed me that one 50+ years ago. Frankly I had forgotten all about it.
Thx for the reminder.
I’ve used candle wax with same results.
Me too. And u can shop around and find the shape that fits best where u store it.
Gotta say, this reminds me of watching Billy Mays, and that energy in begging 👍🏻
Love it, along w/ video
Thx Vince, and Nick.
Cheers ✌🏻
Try a little Crisco too. I even use Crisco for tapping when I run out of oil.
Hi Vince, I’ve been using this trick since the seventies lol, sometimes I use liquid soap it’s even better just slightly messy lol,
When I worked metal in a factory we sometimes used bars of wax on fasteners-similar texture.
Thanks Sean, we appreciate the feedback!
Wax also works amazing. A trick my grandfather used for driving lag bolts way back in the late 50's.
I saw the title and was like OMG This is the best video.!!!!!!!!
I've done it for decades. I may have learned it back in the 70s on a TV show I watched when I was a kid called Wally's Workshop. He and his wife did DIY repairs. I learned what a knee kicker was to. One of the show's sponsors was Trade-A-Blade.
Yeah I'm getting old🤣🤣
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So about 20 years ago while working for a plumber friend of mine I was using 3" drywall screws to mount 2"×4"s to the wall in order to mount a gas pipe manifod(new construction) The screws were getting hot and camming out. I was In the shop loading material for the day and I saw toilet bowl wax seal for setting the toilet. It was in a plastic tray to keep clean.i grabbed a handful of 3" screws and stuck them into the soft wax and when needed to mount that 2"×4" again I pulled a screw from the wax seal and it went in like butter. Still use that technique to this day. Oh btw, one of those wax seals costs about $2 and it's good for probably a box of screws, maybe more.
My grandfather taught me to use paraffin wax for this when I was a kid. Doesn't smell as good as your Zest but it does a good job. 🤙🏼
maybe we should try this technique on the next TTR ? 🤔
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Oh snap! That's a game changer. I wonder if the judges will allow it? Is that like using pine tar in baseball? 😁
soap can also stain wood,prevent glue trom sticking if you want to plug the hole and it draws moisture.I have used parafin for many years (candle or canning wax)
Grandpa always had a bar of soap, a block of canning paraffin and candles around the workshop and in his tote just for screws and the bottom of his plane.
My dad, I remember getting the screw's ready with soap and handing them to him as he worked. I remember using a bar of lux or a bar of zest. Good times, miss you dad.
I remember learning about the soap trick when we were building a birdhouse project in cub scouts back in the late 70’s yet I hardly ever use it. Nowadays we have mostly liquid soap or foaming soap in the house. Maybe I should pick up some bar soap.
@ vcg construction, I use dish soap/dawn or carry a travel bar of soap from hotel!!
Nice Cuz, we the feedback!!
I’ve always had a slice of Irish Spring in my bags comes in handy when you’re installing cabinets and nicer mill work
Did not know! Thx for the info!
That's an old trick the first person that told me that I looked at them like they were nuts till I tried it works great on hardwood like oak
Ive seen that trick before on a different youtube video (can't remember who) but its still interesting how that works tho
What is the bit that you have in your drill?
Hey Vince do you think candle wax would work? I have been cracking oak wood for so long thanks for this amazing tip!
@VCG Construction, when do you think there will be a gen 2 m12 fuel screwdriver?
I’ve been using the soap trick since I was a, “younger man”.
Dad, and even my grandpa always had a bar in his box.
Or a candle sometimes.
But that was mostly for sticking dresser drawers and whatnot.
I have used either dish soap or a bar of soap for years. Has anyone used paraffin?
I have not used wax.
I’ve never used Irish Spring though. Good tip.
Thanks for the hot tip... or cool tip! You rock Vince.
Wouldn't all that heat help make the bond between fastener and hard wood stronger??absolutely love ur channel. Very much appreciated
Thank you for this great tip.
When I worked industrial construction the Iron Workers used wax on the huge bolts. It came in a tube like chalking
great idea.
My father used to keep a bar of soap in his screwbox 50 years ago when I first started helping him as a lad. It was all the more relevant as the screws were slotted steel screws driven in my hand and any pilot holes were drilled by hand.
Never used soap. Have needed this tip! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!
Thanks man, helpful.
My grandfather learned this trick while working on a construction site in the early 1920's. He had to hand drive screws, and soap made this job a little easier. ( probably significantly easier)
I use screw wax that see Jane drill recommended and it works great.
Bo I haven't been using soap. I knew to per drill though boss sometimes want me to not pre-drill when the temperature is 90+ outside when removing the screw might be 120 degree if your gloves are missing hot screw.
Reducing friction works both ways. If you are counting on the screws to max out, this will hurt you. But I like the idea for things that are meant to be removable.
My grandfather would use bar soap. My dad strayed and used WD-40, it caused a light-hearted, entertaining rift in our family (we still had plenty of enjoyable holiday dinners together).
My father always said he was “putting hope in their soul”
Never new about that trick thanks for sharing
Our shop teacher showed us that back in High School in the 80’s.
Good for stopping squeaks on belts the old lava soap but on screws I never knew there was a reason to do this?
I couldn't imagine not using this!!! Funny thing is it was my pre 1900 born papaw that always had the best advice
I've used soap, paraffin, toilet rings, and even wiped them on the side of my nose. My Grandfather, who was a finish carpenter drilled a 3/8 hole in the handle of the small hammer he used for finish nails and packed it with beeswax.
Welcome to 8th grade shop class, circa 1974. My shop teacher taught us about soap but he preferred candle wax. Regular candlestick (really about 1/2 of a candlestick) in an apron pocket made life easier. Please remember, this was back when you had to drive screws by hand unless you were rich and had one of those highfalutin yankee screwdrivers.
Ok but seriously, I need to put a screw "longways"/deep into a rounded narrow board. Any suggestions on how to keep the screw going straight when you are *not* screwing into a flat surface?
@VCGConstruction Yep my dad (born 1931) showed me the bar soap hack as a child when showing me how to drive screws with a brace and bit. His dad (born 1908) said his dad used candle wax. Good ole school info.
my dad used to do this, he'd use half or more used bars (cut down on wasting the soap slivers too) or sometimes wax like a hunk of old candle
6:22 You still ended up having water in your workbench. HAHAHA
My father taught me this trick in the 70's when I asked why he had a bar in his tool box. He told me and to this day I have one in my tool box. Thanks Dad.
Cool trick, thanks man!
Have used soap to drive screws into old hardwood floor joists. Works a treat
That’s an old timers Hack. We would use soap or candle wax. On stuff like screws nails swamp cooler belts zippers on your jacket or jeans. I almost forgot about it glad you reminded me thanks.
A young carpenter friend of mine told me about this trick not too long ago and also said candle wax would do
Could soap be a lubricate for drilling metal ?
@VCG Vince could you do a #shorts video on your multi charger tower that I see in the background of this video? I saw an older video of your milwaukee mini tower, it would be cool to see your multi charger tower too,
my grandfather used candles to slide the drawers of wooden guides
saludos
Gerardo
I didn't even think that was a problem cool now I know
That is cool and it works
Tool tip Thursday. Nice! 😁👍✌
Just carry a piece of an old candle in your pocket lubricates screws perfectly
CRLawrence screw wax ... a must have for tool box. I have tried soap (better than nothing) but Screw Wax is FAR superior to soap and an absolute MUST when drilling or fastening aluminum where so easy for screws to gawl/snap without it. CRLawrence wax comes in a tube -- I like to cut it to length of screws, push fasteners in and pull them out of the wax as I go. Most efficient method I've found so far!
My dad thought me this trick more than 40 years ago it really works
Ive used candels for years. Same principal.
Can you use wood glue as a lubricant?
Candle wax is my choice. Works on cutting discs. Sanders, fasteners.
Having trained as young at a company that build church organs, it was quite common to see the use of soap on screws. That was 26+ years ago.
Hiya;
Knew this a long time but seldom use it. (I am 66.)
Long screws, or hard material, then its a good tip.
Most of the time I don't need it.
But when needed it is great.
Have a GREAT day, Neighbor!
Been using soap since I was an apprentice in UK since 1967 as in those days no battery stuff and everything was done by hand drivers and even using the Yankee pump driver you still needed soap