{"id":1854,"date":"2026-09-16T09:29:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T01:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fenglingfastener.com\/{b79c35dbd40eb2a8e90fc553a11efbce77643a6baa4f7ffca24b898297d7b394}postname{b79c35dbd40eb2a8e90fc553a11efbce77643a6baa4f7ffca24b898297d7b394}\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T09:29:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T01:29:39","slug":"self-drilling-screws-vs-self-tapping-screws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fenglingfastener.com\/zh\/self-drilling-screws-vs-self-tapping-screws\/","title":{"rendered":"Self Drilling Screws VS Self Tapping Screws: How To Tell Them Apart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Self drilling screws and self tapping screws are frequently mixed up by global buyers. The most obvious difference lies in the tip structure.<br \/>\nSelf drilling screws have a drill bit shaped point. It can drill through thin steel sheet without pre-drilling, then tap threads at the same time. They are standard fasteners for metal roofing, light steel frames and steel cladding, often assembled with EPDM rubber washers for waterproofing.<br \/>\nSelf tapping screws do not have drill tip. You need to drill pilot holes first. Its sharp thread cuts thread inside pre-made holes. Self tapping screws are more common for wood, plastic and thin metal sheet.<br \/>\nChoose self-drilling screw if you need direct drilling on metal; pick self tapping screw when pilot holes are available.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self drilling screws and self tapping screws are frequently mixed up by global buyers. The most obvious difference lies in the tip structure.<br \/>\nSelf drilling screws have a drill bit shaped point. It can drill through thin steel sheet without pre-drilling, then tap threads at the sa<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fastener-knowledge"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fenglingfastener.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fenglingfastener.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fenglingfastener.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fenglingfastener.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fenglingfastener.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fenglingfastener.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fenglingfastener.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fenglingfastener.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fenglingfastener.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fenglingfastener.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}