Ok, long story short. Higher up at work found out I have a shop and approached me about having a half dozen (he actually wants 4 but I'll make 6 just cause Murphy is in charge) self taping screws (for wood...ie wood screws...not screws made out of wood) for a piece of furniture he is restoring (circa 1936).
Now, I love turning threads on my lathe but 100% have been machine threads...not wood threads. I'll look in "machinists handbook" later tonight and see if there is a profile for what needs made or not. 1936 wood screws I'm thinking may have more thread depth and less taper than we see in today's screws.
Has anybody here worked a project like this in the past? special considerations?
I'll see a sample of the screw sometime in the next 2 days, I wont have long to make them as my circumstances are that my shop is nowhere near where I currently reside sadly and I'm only there for a wedding over the weekend. I do know its a flathead screw that has a odd "round peg" section towards the bottom. more to align something than to hold it. Not really sure just what but If its something he can't readily find, I'll get my brownie points in where I can if its something I can make.