Screwing... is driving me crazy.

[Big Hitter]

Ok, I got the threading process backwards, but it really doesn't matter to me which comes first. The goal is to be able to tighten down the screws inside the posts - without them slicing the wire.

Note: I tried to edit this thread to correct a mistake I made about screws being cut after being threaded, but the option to edit is not there. Screws are cut first, and then threaded. I was more excited to post these pictures, and to help solve a common problem... than I was focused on how machine screws are manufactured.

LOL ... I know and glad you posted

I just get happy when any of my fastener knowledge comes in handy ..... It doesn't very often.

We were at an amusement park on the platform of a roller coaster once waiting on maintenance to fix something.
I cracked a joke about grade 2 bolts on the wheels but only the maintenance guy got it .... and he didn't seemed too amused

 

[AzPlumber]

Great idea but how do you get them screws back in the posts with all that tape on them.

 

[muzichead]

Well small world .... seemed like a lot of fasteners came out of IL

Fasteners are a lot like vaping .... a whole language just to their own. I can appreciate anyone that could tell the difference between a 10-24 X 3/8 Socket set screw cup pt ..... from a half dog pt.

Actually that was when I was in California, so the competition was fierce to say the least... It just kills me to hear people call them grub screws though...

 

[Ian444]

I try to finish my screws off like oval pt

 

[Filthy-Beast]

LOL ... I know and glad you posted

I just get happy when any of my fastener knowledge comes in handy ..... It doesn't very often.

We were at an amusement park on the platform of a roller coaster once waiting on maintenance to fix something.
I cracked a joke about grade 2 bolts on the wheels but only the maintenance guy got it .... and he didn't seemed too amused

I get it, when bolting armor or winches to my jeep I like grade 8 bolts.