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Re: Nuts, Bolts and Washers


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Posted by ScottyHOMEy on October 07, 2010 at 19:34:44 from (64.222.246.211):

In Reply to: Nuts, Bolts and Washers posted by JBMac on October 06, 2010 at 17:45:18:

I'm with most of the folks posted below. There really isn't such a kit,in either the sizes or grades you'll find yourself needing.

Most of what you'll find will be coarse threaded, most from 3/8" to 5/8".

Never mind experience, you can pick up a set of thread gauges for not many shekels. Very compact, looks like a small version of a set of feeler or spark plug gauges, all hinged in a a couple of blates to make a handle for them, one for each thread pitch. Very simple, a blade with a sawtooth edge that you take a try fit until you find the one that fits nicely into the threads of the bolt, nut or hole. They come English and metric threads, sometimes in the same set. That and a cheap plastic dial caliper to measure diameter and length will help you identify anything.

I had the same problem, and my solution was to just pick up a couple extra of something I found myself running out to buy too often.

The advice about those quarter-inch lengths is good, too, especially when it comes to blind holes. On that score, two thoughts. First is that even the cheap dial calipers usually have a rod or bar that extends out the butt end as you open the caliper that will measure the depth of a blind hole, so you can figure out whether a hole that calls for a 1-1/4" long bolt will take one that is 1-1/2". If it won't, buy the next length, then do your best to make a square cut to length.

BUT, before you do that, get a Grade 8 nut and thread onto the bolt before you cut it. After the cut, you can take a file and carefully put just a touch of taper on the end of the bolt, then back the nut off to chase out the thread. That's the cheap way out. A proper thread chase (same idea, but less aggressive than a thread die, and a closer fit than the nut, and meant to cut) will do a better job. Again, usually come in sets. And there's a technique to filing that bevel -- best I can describe it is to rake the file mebbe 35* off the center line of the bolt, filing only in the direction that would be counter-clockwise as you look at the threaded end of the bolt. File toward the head, or against the thread, and you can jim the thread to where it won't start.


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