Creating a hole for a wood screw

[Anonymous]

I want to leave a void in a body for a wood screw.  I have my body, I import the screw from McMaster-Carr, I then use the align command to place the screw in the body, I then use the combine command to "cut" the void using the screw as the cut tool.  Perfect, except that when I remove the cut tool (screw) the slot or the socket (Philips head) where the tip of the screw driver goes remains. Any help would be appreciated. I'm fairly new to Fusion 360 so layman terms if possible  Thanks

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

I would probably recommend just using the Hole command to make this hole.  You should be able to create a hole that is the size and shape you need for the screw, assuming it is some standard sized screw.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

this guide might help to find the right diameter

günther

[Anonymous]

Thanks for that suggestion, but it would be so much easier and less time consuming to use the screw as the cutting tool. I can download the cad drawings from McMaster-Carr and use those values with the "hole" command but I am stumped as to why the slot or socket remains when I use the screw as the cutting tool.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

in real life, you drill a hole for the screw and create a counterbore.
The Hole tool does that for you.
Then you insert your screw.

günther

[TheCADWhisperer]

Delete.

Attach your file here if you can’t figure it out.

But I would almost certainly use the Hole command instead to avoid cross threading.

It should be rather obvious why the Phillips head recess was not cut - the was no volume in that area except for “sail boat fuel” as a machinist would say.