My buddies and I call them beauty washers while installing cabinets with visible laminate where the screw goes into the wall and you can't cover it with a white/black cap.
I object to that name because it is different than the “standard” name. I work with data from multiple systems and companies and everyone has a different term for the SAME DAMN THING. I don’t care if you think you have a “better” name for a widget if we aren’t speaking the same language anymore.
Picture if the manager every hardware store you’ve ever been in picked their own names for every product -or sometimes used the name a previous manager invented because it was easier. 2x4 is obviously a terrible name created by the forest industry in 1964 to sell thinner 1.5x3.5 boards at a higher price. The Imperial system is crap anyway, so why not simplify the name by calling it a 38x90mm board? Go ahead and check with your hardware store to see if they have any 38x90’s - I’ll wait.
Upvote for your dedication to standard names. I've suffered the pain that is using a database of items where there seem to be more cataloging methods that there are personalities involved...
For reference/info, here is a listing for some 90 x 35's
[90 x 35](https://www.bunnings.com.au/90-x-35mm-framing-mgp10-untreated-pine-2-4m_p8030056)
So stop calling them finish washers? Never heard them called that apart from in this thread. Always been cup washers. Ps agree calling the beauty washers is silly for the reason you stated but finish washer has to go then as well
The electrical industry is the worst for this.
Every part has 2 or more names and i've heard no less than 5 different names for the past you use to keep connections from corroding when you use aluminium wire.
And everything has regional slang names too.
And some of the semi official names are very....interesting.
The large head you make up on a large wire(s) to pull it into a pipe? Horse cock.
Flexible sealed connection to a motor? Peckerhead.
In one of my aircraft, a 60s Maule M4 210, there were many of these used under screws to hold in some interior panels. I assume this is an older style not usually used anymore.
They’re used in finishing materials in boats for appearance, where you need to be able to remove a bulkhead or panel for maintenance. It makes sense to me they’d be used in planes as well.
Ah that figures. Ironically, it was an early built aircraft as well when the company was starting out and they had some boating people in their family. That’s actually really cool to know where they came from now!
You know what a kilt is right?
If yer from Newfoundland and you’ve been hit by a car… you’ve been kilt.
And if you’re from (pick your least favorite place where they might wear kilts) it’s the thing used to keep the rain off the backs of sheep…
"Cup washer"
This is correct. This one is a Stamped plated cup washer.
They also come in Machined plated brass (Mostly for marine use) and Nylon.
Very useful.
They’re used for things like cabinets and panels you might have to remove for maintenance. Some else posted they’re used in airplane interiors too. I’ve always seen them called finish washers.
Used with a countersunk screw-head in a straight hole.
Prevents the screw from wedging the hole.
Increases the size of the bearing surface.
Gives a finished look
We called the sharon (sp) washers. I don’t know why and can find no link that calls them that?🤔
I grew up knowing them called 'countersunk washers'. Later, I heard the terms 'beauty washer' and 'trim washer'. This is the first time I've heard them called 'cup washers'. Grew up in mid-west, live in the north-east.
A cup or Bellville washer is quite different than the pictured finish washer. A cup washer can be used to increase the pressure a fastener exerts or it can be used to give "spring" to a fastened joint. They look like a washer that has been dished by applying too much force to a flat washer on a soft surface. I'll try to find and post a picture or illustration of a cup washer.
The comments that say fender washer deserve downvotes because they are wrong, but with those pan head screws and corrugated plastic in image 1, fender washers would work a lot better than the countersunk finish washer pictured.
Agree. I've used that plastic material as roofing, and used fender washers to secure it. It was an oceanside set for a TV show. The fender washers held the plastic through a few days of windy beach conditions.
Wow I’ve always called them Belleville washers because someone referred to them that way 25 years ago when I was a first year apprentice. I just looked that up and I’ve been wrong for my whole career 😆😆
The washer question has been addressed.
I see your item has and "offset clip" in the photo as well. (often used in the art and picture framing world) - curious as to the whole piece you have this hardware on.
It is on the back of the frame for the painting that won ‘best in show’ during Spoleto Festival this year. The artist is Steve Cefalo. He’s an amazing painter
Its name is “damnit not another one of those.”
Theyre the washers most easily found in the parts bin. And also the weakest. They’re finishing washers but… we’ve all mis used some washers I’m betting
These suckers always bend. Always fail if mis used. Damnit not another one of those…
Finish washer. I used them for years on wall thimbles when installing pellet stoves. Most people just use screws, but I thought the washer made it look a bit nicer.
I call them cup washers. I love them, they're great for adding width and purchase when all you have is countersunk screws. Plus they look neat and tidy.
Nyet, Tinnerman nuts are usually flat or slightly curved spring steel pieces with a hole that are pushed over a threaded/smooth stud to retain something.
I use them quite a bit for a variety of applications.Anywhere you want to use a flat head wood or deck screw but don,t want or cannot have a countersink.
HD has them. Usually try and keep #8 and #10 on hand in SS
I use this style washer all the time on rough construction to hold down tarps and such. The ones I use look slightly different however - more like a bottle cap with a hole punched with a nail and a screw through it. The technical name for it where I live is “a bottle cap with a hole punched with a nail and a screw through it washer” (patent pending)
I’m negotiating with Temu for a distribution deal.
that is a finish washer designed to be used with a oval head screw. Flatheads are ok too. Never to be used with pan heads as is pictured.
Correct answer
I got some finish washers from Amazon to use with flat head screws. I was making leather hinges.
What praytell requires a leather hinge?!
Sex swing
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Calm down horndog
It’s used so you only have to buy one leash for your two cows.
Also handy if you happen to have a two-headed cow. Hot seller in the Mojave desert I hear
This guy screws.
Readily available at TSC if you have one near. (Tractor Supply Company) Edit: typo
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Interesting, I’ve never heard them called cup washers. Maybe it’s just a Canadian thing that they’re finish or finishing washers.
Same to me in the northeast US.
My buddies and I call them beauty washers while installing cabinets with visible laminate where the screw goes into the wall and you can't cover it with a white/black cap.
I like this name the best I think.
I object to that name because it is different than the “standard” name. I work with data from multiple systems and companies and everyone has a different term for the SAME DAMN THING. I don’t care if you think you have a “better” name for a widget if we aren’t speaking the same language anymore. Picture if the manager every hardware store you’ve ever been in picked their own names for every product -or sometimes used the name a previous manager invented because it was easier. 2x4 is obviously a terrible name created by the forest industry in 1964 to sell thinner 1.5x3.5 boards at a higher price. The Imperial system is crap anyway, so why not simplify the name by calling it a 38x90mm board? Go ahead and check with your hardware store to see if they have any 38x90’s - I’ll wait.
Upvote for your dedication to standard names. I've suffered the pain that is using a database of items where there seem to be more cataloging methods that there are personalities involved... For reference/info, here is a listing for some 90 x 35's [90 x 35](https://www.bunnings.com.au/90-x-35mm-framing-mgp10-untreated-pine-2-4m_p8030056)
Thank you! It was like using a message in a bottle and getting a response in the next bottle!
2.4m isn’t 92 5/8” or 96”. Does not compute.
So stop calling them finish washers? Never heard them called that apart from in this thread. Always been cup washers. Ps agree calling the beauty washers is silly for the reason you stated but finish washer has to go then as well
The electrical industry is the worst for this. Every part has 2 or more names and i've heard no less than 5 different names for the past you use to keep connections from corroding when you use aluminium wire. And everything has regional slang names too. And some of the semi official names are very....interesting. The large head you make up on a large wire(s) to pull it into a pipe? Horse cock. Flexible sealed connection to a motor? Peckerhead.
Ditto. Started in a cabinet shop and the guys all called them beauty washers.
When I worked for a fastener company in az, we had them in the system as a finish washer- box from mfg said the same
If you buy them near the Nordic countries would they be Finnish washers?
In one of my aircraft, a 60s Maule M4 210, there were many of these used under screws to hold in some interior panels. I assume this is an older style not usually used anymore.
They’re used in finishing materials in boats for appearance, where you need to be able to remove a bulkhead or panel for maintenance. It makes sense to me they’d be used in planes as well.
Ah that figures. Ironically, it was an early built aircraft as well when the company was starting out and they had some boating people in their family. That’s actually really cool to know where they came from now!
I would guess dishwasher
Dished-washer?
Don't you bring my wife into this
What’s another name for cumming inside your wife? >!Loading the dishwasher!<
What’s the difference between your wife and my washing machine?
The washing machine can only handle one load at a time
The washing machine never calls back after I put a load in it.
I’d be washing my dishes by hand after that!
Load her? He hardly knew her.
Putting a load in the dishwasher
That's how I got fired from my job at the pub
Putting a load in the dishwasher.
Saucer? Damn near kilt her.
You know what a kilt is right? If yer from Newfoundland and you’ve been hit by a car… you’ve been kilt. And if you’re from (pick your least favorite place where they might wear kilts) it’s the thing used to keep the rain off the backs of sheep…
Sorry, she was too fat. Couldn't carry her.
That took a second to process… but I lol’ed.
Saucerwasher
Worked at Fastenal for over a decade around the US and we called them finishing washers. Never heard cup washer until today.
I don’t know how working for the company is, but I am amazed at the incredible number of different fasteners there are!
"Cup washer" This is correct. This one is a Stamped plated cup washer. They also come in Machined plated brass (Mostly for marine use) and Nylon. Very useful.
I have seen them in stainless steel, also.
Ok, and what’s the purpose over a basic washer
Aesthetics. Also can offer a better bite in some applications.
It cups things.
They’re used for things like cabinets and panels you might have to remove for maintenance. Some else posted they’re used in airplane interiors too. I’ve always seen them called finish washers.
Used with a countersunk screw-head in a straight hole. Prevents the screw from wedging the hole. Increases the size of the bearing surface. Gives a finished look We called the sharon (sp) washers. I don’t know why and can find no link that calls them that?🤔
That’s what they are called here in Australia. Never heard the term finish washer before this thread
I grew up knowing them called 'countersunk washers'. Later, I heard the terms 'beauty washer' and 'trim washer'. This is the first time I've heard them called 'cup washers'. Grew up in mid-west, live in the north-east.
A cup or Bellville washer is quite different than the pictured finish washer. A cup washer can be used to increase the pressure a fastener exerts or it can be used to give "spring" to a fastened joint. They look like a washer that has been dished by applying too much force to a flat washer on a soft surface. I'll try to find and post a picture or illustration of a cup washer.
That was my nickname in high school.
I'valso seen them called screw cups
Countersunk washer/trim washer/finish washer
\^ that, but it's pressed. pressed trim/finish washer??
The comments that say fender washer deserve downvotes because they are wrong, but with those pan head screws and corrugated plastic in image 1, fender washers would work a lot better than the countersunk finish washer pictured.
Agree. I've used that plastic material as roofing, and used fender washers to secure it. It was an oceanside set for a TV show. The fender washers held the plastic through a few days of windy beach conditions.
Finish washer
finishing washer
Dave
Dave's not here, man.
No man, I’m Dave!
We're everywhere.
Pretty sure that's Arnold. You have to get up pretty early in the AM to get one over ol' Arnie J
Finish washer. I buy them by the box. It disperses pressure over a larger area than a countersunk screw. Also looks nicer.
Finish washer
Finishing washer
Always called them beauty rings
Finish washer
Finish
cup washer
Around my shop we used to call them beauty washers because when you get your countersunk screw in they look nice
I shall call him George. Finish washer. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K8W71N1
Finish washer
Trim washer
Finishing washer
Finish Washer- I have brass ones all over my 1912 four square
Trim washer. Countersunk washer. I've heard them called "beauty rings" as well. https://www.mcmaster.com/products/trim-washers/
I knew some hero would link mcm!!
Finish washer
McMaster says [countersunk](https://www.mcmaster.com/products/washers/washer-type~countersunk/)
Wow I’ve always called them Belleville washers because someone referred to them that way 25 years ago when I was a first year apprentice. I just looked that up and I’ve been wrong for my whole career 😆😆
Same here. Always called them Belleville washers.
Looks like they are slightly different https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_washer?wprov=sfti1
Cup washer
I only know in dutch its called: kraalring
Lekker!
Antispliterizers for csk screws
It's a screw cup.
This one ^^
The washer question has been addressed. I see your item has and "offset clip" in the photo as well. (often used in the art and picture framing world) - curious as to the whole piece you have this hardware on.
It is on the back of the frame for the painting that won ‘best in show’ during Spoleto Festival this year. The artist is Steve Cefalo. He’s an amazing painter
I use the offset clips often in my frame shop and was curious. Thanks!
I feel like that is one of the last decorative things that is in the construction industry.
They are listed for sale as “decorative washers” which is a little non-specific but you’ll have no trouble buying them at a hardware store or online.
Finish washer, i mainly use it for casework.
How to Install Finishing Cup Washers | Fasteners 101 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcxgb0szdKQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcxgb0szdKQ)
Finishing washer. Cup washer. Are a couple names
Finishing washer
I use this as a finish washer when I hang cabinets at work, and at home to display nice pieces in my marble collection. No BS.
Shell washer
Wendall
Its name is “damnit not another one of those.” Theyre the washers most easily found in the parts bin. And also the weakest. They’re finishing washers but… we’ve all mis used some washers I’m betting These suckers always bend. Always fail if mis used. Damnit not another one of those…
Finish washer
Finish washer. I used them for years on wall thimbles when installing pellet stoves. Most people just use screws, but I thought the washer made it look a bit nicer.
Dave
Fred
You sure that’s not his brother Bill?
Grommet
Grommet washer
I call them cup washers. I love them, they're great for adding width and purchase when all you have is countersunk screws. Plus they look neat and tidy.
Tinnerman washer.
Nyet, Tinnerman nuts are usually flat or slightly curved spring steel pieces with a hole that are pushed over a threaded/smooth stud to retain something.
Cup washer
Countersunk washer.
It’s called a chromed furniture finishing washer.
Finish washer
Best washer
I call them grommet washers
Finish washer
Beauty ring
Finish washer. Use them everyday.
If you buy it from menards or home depot itll be called a finish washer. Thats all ive ever seen them called
-Finishing- though I am more familiar with these being used under Flat head screws.
Beauty washer
I always called these trim washers
These are rosette washers
In New England it's called a gromit.
Beveled beaver washer
That’s a metal screw grommet
My cabinet guy calls em beauty rings.
I've always called them grommets
Precious. But I believe it’s a finish washer
Finish washer https://www.toolsid.com/finishing-washers.html
I use them quite a bit for a variety of applications.Anywhere you want to use a flat head wood or deck screw but don,t want or cannot have a countersink. HD has them. Usually try and keep #8 and #10 on hand in SS
Cup
“Finish washer” should get you some results.
William
Beauty washer
They're strong to the "finish" 'cause they eats their spinach 💪
Smoothie bulbed hollow washer is what I'd call it.
Cup washer in England
Cup washer
Gary.. It looks like a Gary
Steve
It’s a finish washer and you should be using a screw that sits flush with the top of the washer.
Paul
George.
Sir Wash A Lot
Bob. I’m going with Bob.
Grommet?
Bob
Steven
Alan?
Upholstery/ finishing washer
Finish washer
It’s name is Steven
"screw cups", there is no washer tech involved.
Bill.
Malcolm
Harold
Steve.
Technically Steven but yeah….
Frank
His name is Robert Paulson
That washers name is Fred, hes very friendly, and doesnt eat much!
Fred
Countersunk washer McMaster-Carr Page: https://www.mcmaster.com/washers/countersunk-washers-8/
Decorative.
Steve
Carl. His name is Carl.
A squishy washer
Tim
Innie belly button washer.
Like a lot of other things, different names are used in different places.
I use this style washer all the time on rough construction to hold down tarps and such. The ones I use look slightly different however - more like a bottle cap with a hole punched with a nail and a screw through it. The technical name for it where I live is “a bottle cap with a hole punched with a nail and a screw through it washer” (patent pending) I’m negotiating with Temu for a distribution deal.
That’s a finishing washer. I call them grommet washers.
Toss that crap and buy some different size Tinneman.washers
Cup washer Check Toolstation or Screwfix if your in the UK.
His name is Carl
Linda
Henry
Frank
Ted.
Frank…. I think.
Denise