Fischer wall anchors

[Cheese]

Here's a load chart I ran across. It says a single 6 x 30 DuoPower using a 5 mm screw will support 213# in concrete.

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[Coen]

Note that Fischer itself sells the plugs also combined with screws that are thinner than it says in the load table.

The 5x25 is sold with 3.5mm screws
The 6x30 and 6x50 are sold with 4.5mm screws
The 8x40 and 8x65 are sold with 5mm screws
The 10x50 and 10x80 are sold with 7mm bolts
The 12x60 is sold with 8mm bolts
The 14x70 is sold with 10mm bolts

However, the screws have a fatter body compared to the average agressive-thread wood screw and the bolts have a thicker body too.

It also really surprised me there is an entry for the 5x25 in 2x12.5mm gypsum board. How is that supposed to work? The plug can't 'fold' behind the gypsumboard as the entire length is already inside the boards.

Based on this table I used 6x50 to hang (a rail for) kitchen upper cabinets  on a wall of 70mm aerated concrete.

Anyway, let me repost the image that started this split-off thread;

 

[woodferret]

Can anyone recommend a source for these in the US that is not Amazon?
Or maybe a European source that ships here?

Home depot.  Hillman makes them on this end (still called DuoPower)... we use the #6 through #10 sizings so a lot of what's said here with mm don't apply.  The naming also throws me off as #6-8 makes it sound like some specialty screw thread, but I think that's range #6 through #8.  There's quite a few overlapping sizes depending on whether you're buying contractor packs or consumer kits.

 

[Michael Kellough]

Can anyone recommend a source for these in the US that is not Amazon?
Or maybe a European source that ships here?

Home depot.  Hillman makes them on this end (still called DuoPower)... we use the #6 through #10 sizings so a lot of what's said here with mm don't apply.  The naming also throws me off as #6-8 makes it sound like some specialty screw thread, but I think that's range #6 through #8.  There's quite a few overlapping sizes depending on whether you're buying contractor packs or consumer kits.

And they still say Fisher on the side.

 

[edwarmr]

This is not available in the US but it’s a cool set with Fischer wall anchors.

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[woodbutcherbower]

That set looks like pretty much the perfect way in. What a shame it’s NAINA, it must be so frustrating for you guys. But for us fortunate Europeans - the screws are all high-quality Spax T-Star, and the set also comes with a Centrotec bit holder and a bunch of TX20 + TX30 drivers. It’s a limited edition release - The Festool catalogue number is 577353.

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Props also to Fischer themselves for registering on the forum and entering the discussion. Always good to see that happen. Here’s a UK video about this set;
https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=72&v=u2ayV6yp25g&feature=emb_logo

Kevin

 

[woodferret]

Ya, we annoyingly get pan head Phillips with ours.... (whomever supplied Home Depot with pics can't tell the diff between Pozi and Phillips).

 

[Coen]

Well, it always irritates me when I see countersunk screws having been used somewhere where panhead screws should have been used.

 

[pixelated]

Well, it always irritates me when I see countersunk screws having been used somewhere where panhead screws should have been used.

Or, vice-versa.

I would like to be able to buy the anchors without screws, because quite often the included screws don't work for what I'm doing, so I end up with handfuls of screws I don't have a use for.

 

[Coen]

Well, it always irritates me when I see countersunk screws having been used somewhere where panhead screws should have been used.

Or, vice-versa.

I would like to be able to buy the anchors without screws, because quite often the included screws don't work for what I'm doing, so I end up with handfuls of screws I don't have a use for.

You can. It's even cheaper to buy them without screws and buy separate screws.

Due to availability of countersunk screws... I have never see panhead screws where countersunk should have been used. It's always the outer way around.

And from the 1930's you can find panheadscrews with slit head that have been hammered in instead of screwed.

 

[leakyroof]

Well, it always irritates me when I see countersunk screws having been used somewhere where panhead screws should have been used.

Or, vice-versa.

I would like to be able to buy the anchors without screws, because quite often the included screws don't work for what I'm doing, so I end up with handfuls of screws I don't have a use for.

You can. It's even cheaper to buy them without screws and buy separate screws.

Due to availability of countersunk screws... I have never see panhead screws where countersunk should have been used. It's always the outer way around.

And from the 1930's you can find panheadscrews with slit head that have been hammered in instead of screwed.

  And from the 1930's you can find panheadscrews with slit head that have been hammered in instead of screwed. OH Nooooooooooo... [mad] [mad] [mad] [mad]  That would tick me off.... [smile] [smile]

 

[Coen]

Yeah, because the hammer action closed the slit.

But the best find was a 70mm floorboard nail straight through a lead drainpipe  [big grin]