I guess I was a bit snippy with Rocket J , or Ramblin' Jack Elliot. (BTW, there is a creek here, on the way to Port Renfrew, call Jack Elliot creek. I'll take a pic of the sing next time i drive that way.) I bet Rocket does not have drill press and good vise to make the job as easy as I made it out to be. It might be even worth his time to take it to a machinist to drill alistair
On 24-May-11, at 6:24 PM, Daniel Rotblatt wrote: > I'm with alisair. Put a nut on the bolt, cut the bolt off, file/grind > one side flat then drill a hole, back off the nut to straighten up the > threads. > > Dan > Los Angeles, CA > '85 Westy Weekender > > On May 24, 2011, at 5:49 PM, Alistair Bell wrote: > >> Ramblin' Jack... >> >> do I get it right, a bolt with a hole drilled radially at one end? >> >> Jeez, what will they think of next? >> >> :) >> >> cut the bolt and drill a new hole... >> >> alistair >> >> >> On 24-May-11, at 5:09 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >> >>> I'm holding in my hand a bolt (holds bolt up to monitor so everyone >>> can >>> see). It is a 5/16-18 carriage head bolt about 1-1/2 inches long. So >>> far, so normal. But at the tip end (not the head end) there is a >>> 3/16'' >>> hole drilled crossways, perpendicular to the axis of the bolt. This, >>> for >>> inserting a padlock. >>> >>> I need a shorter version of this bolt. I can't cut off the drilled >>> end >>> because the shorter version also needs a cross-drilled end |
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