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Showing posts with label Hardware. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hardware. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

A bolt hole, a lathe, and the real meaning of transfer in fabrication

www.thefabricator.com: During the last month or so in my work at Howe’s Welding and Metal Fabrication, Ames, Iowa, I’ve twice been tasked with repairing a crack that runs along a bolt hole. These projects got me thinking about the word transfer—how we use it in metal fabrication and how we use it in education.

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Torx Screws: The Best Screws You’ve Never Used

Reviews by Wirecutter: When I took on my first significant DIY carpentry project earlier this year (a shed-sized playhouse for my daughter), I was let in on a secret: Pros swear by Torx-head screws, an all-around better alternative to the formerly ubiquitous but flawed, finicky Phillips head.

Monday, February 12, 2018

How-to-Select-and-Install-Eye-Bolts

e-rigging.com: Eye bolts are commonly used in an assembly to lift or suspend a load. The different styles of eye bolts allow them to be attached to wood posts, steel tubing, or directly into threaded holes.