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Subject:Re: Fastener wizard?
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Tue, 24 May 2011 17:49:49 -0700

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