[Andy] goes through the challenges of building such a thing, which mainly involve creating threads with a deep profile and wide pitch. The screw itself wasn’t too hard to cut, although there ...

Coarse-Thread Drywall Screws ... screw gun and bit works just fine if you're careful not to drive the screw too deep. If you ...

Part of that is probably because we’ve gotten so good at making them that they’re seen as cheap commodities, but the physics and engineering behind the screw thread is interesting stuff.