Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

So I bought these tek screws to fasten legs tk my keg boiler,


They are self drilling. Will they drill into stainless? Or will they need a pilot hole? Or should I get something different.. could not see any stainless specific ones at the green shed..

FWIW, I’d predrill AND get screws for SS.

Remember that cutting SS with normal cutting wheels causes corrosion! Same would apply to these tec screws!

I would think there would be no way in hell they will go through stainless.

Even with a pilot hole it might rip the threads off the screws.

Try a marine shop :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Okay thanks. Or maybe go back to original bolt through idea..Dan used some roofing tek screws on his I will back to the thread for another look.

Definitely pilot hole, no way they will do stainless without it. Stainless steel screws is a good idea though so there isn't a tendency for corrosion. Don't get marine grade (316), it's quite soft. These will do:



Take the other pack back and get a refund.

Yeah it definately wont self drill.. cutting edge wont last. SS is tough stuff even with a slightly dull drill bit.
I used something like these screws on my legs, just make sure your pre drill hole is the slightest bit bigger than the centre part of the screw so when you screw it in it doesnt lock up and shear off.

If you planning on screwing to the bottom rim of a keg I would go a stainless bolt over a screw.

They will drill into stainless no problem. I've done it plenty of times. The trick with stainless is to slow your drill speed down and use some lubricant - WD40 will do. Go too fast and you will burn the drill point out, as you would with a normal HSS drill bit. If you use stainless teks keep in mind that both 304 and 316 grade are quite soft - use a pilot drill the same diameter as the drill point on the tek. :handgestures-thumbupleft: