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Kolesar

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6. Mortiser, but it may not be a perfect fit

Reply to Ohio Dem (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 01:06 PM

Feb 2012

Poster 1 is correct that you don't need it in wood: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1158529#post1

I had bad luck forcing carriage bolts into a thick aluminum sheet. I would tighten the 1/4-20 nut, then break off the bolt. I had to redrill the hole a few times, and progressively larger, until the square shaft was just barely an "interference fit" in the hole.

Fun read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortiser

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I have a question for the smartest people on the internet. [View all] Ohio Dem Feb 2012 OP

In metal it would be punched. In wood, ya just tighten up the bolt and it will make it's own square OffWithTheirHeads Feb 2012 #1

If I remember right, JoeyT Feb 2012 #2

maybe the word you are looking for is "broaching" or "broached"... ret5hd Feb 2012 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Feb 2012 #4

Yep, that was the word he was looking for. Ohio Dem Feb 2012 #7

That would be the "Cooking & Baking" Group. Adsos Letter Feb 2012 #5

Mortiser, but it may not be a perfect fit Kolesar Feb 2012 #6

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