Bolt

Charles Johnson

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Timbre Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:42:41pm

Out of the blue!

astronmr20 Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:43:45pm

...is screwing.

brookly red Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:43:56pm

middle class bolt, no doubt.

wrenchwench Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:44:19pm

When all you have is a wrench, everything looks like a bolt (or a nut.)

pat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:44:24pm

And this bolt does exactly what?

pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:44:31pm

That one's screwed up.

loveguru Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:44:49pm

a Woodo-Steel structure :p

DEZes Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:45:05pm

re: #3 brookly red

middle class bolt, no doubt.

Of course, its showing of its zink plating. ;)

Timbre Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:45:44pm

For the Rush fans, "Retrospective 3" has two remixed songs from Vapor Trails (One Little Victory and Earthshine) and the difference--even to my untrained ear--is amazing. They really should remix the entire album.

Split Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:45:45pm

Looks like this bolt separates the galvanized from the oxidized.

Sharmuta Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:46:19pm

Metal, brick, wood- it's a trifecta!

HelloDare Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:46:26pm

re: #5 pat

And this bolt does exactly what?

Looks like it adjusts the height of that piece of metal.

astronmr20 Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:46:31pm

re: #9 Timbre

For the Rush fans, "Retrospective 3" has two remixed songs from Vapor Trails (One Little Victory and Earthshine) and the difference--even to my untrained ear--is amazing. They really should remix the entire album.

Blasphemy.

No remixing.

KingKenrod Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:47:08pm

Romney won the CPAC straw poll. Jindal second, Palin / Ron Paul tied for 3rd. Rush is speaking now (showing it on Fox News).

monkeytime Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:47:16pm

Very prophetic.

Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:47:39pm

I thought this thread was about Jon Bolton.

pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:47:42pm

Looks like the threads are stripped.

astronmr20 Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:47:44pm

re: #14 KingKenrod

Romney won the CPAC straw poll. Jindal second, Palin / Ron Paul tied for 3rd. Rush is speaking now (showing it on Fox News).

We are doomed in 2012 ):

[deleted] Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:48:10pm

pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:48:15pm

re: #16 Nevergiveup

I thought this thread was about Jon Bolton.

Was it a wrenching disappointment?

NelsFree Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:48:15pm

Bolt? Aw, Nuts!

astronmr20 Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:48:16pm

re: #16 Nevergiveup

I thought this thread was about Jon Bolton.

Fear the 'stache.

wrenchwench Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:48:35pm

re: #17 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Looks like the threads are stripped.

We're posting in a nekkid thread?

Ojoe Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:48:45pm

Nice zinc crystals on the galvanizing.

Hats off to the people that standardized screw threads.

LionofDixon Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:49:06pm

What Obama should do vis-a-vis the presidency.

Killian Bundy Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:49:21pm

Rush on FNC.

/just starting

A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:49:45pm

BIG BOLTS ARE RIPPING US OFF!

astronmr20 Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:49:46pm

re: #26 Killian Bundy

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

screaming_eagle Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:50:04pm

Was this bolt made in America?

freedombilly Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:50:14pm

re: #26 Killian Bundy

Rush on FNC.

/just starting

I'm a fan but hopefully he won't talk about Jindal.

killerjoe Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:50:41pm

Mr. Rush is on Fox, 'right' now.

Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:50:57pm

The art advisor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged a visiting Hollywood delegation to apologise for "insults and slanders" about Iranians in films, the ISNA news agency reported on Saturday.

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

Hey Annette Bening, how's the trip going? How come the movie "reds" comes to mind?

pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:51:03pm

re: #23 wrenchwench

We're posting in a nekkid thread?

*GASP*

LionOfDixon Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:51:32pm

TLOB for us dyslexics.....

astronmr20 Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:51:44pm

re: #32 Nevergiveup

The art advisor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged a visiting Hollywood delegation to apologise for "insults and slanders" about Iranians in films, the ISNA news agency reported on Saturday.

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

Hey Annette Bening, how's the trip going? How come the movie "reds" comes to mind?

When have Iranians been "slandered" in films?

ConservatismNow! Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:53:18pm

re: #35 astronmr20

When have Iranians been "slandered" in films?

Anytime hollywood makes a film not glorifying Islam.

pat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:53:53pm

I guess it is not important that a Muslim tried to kill Obama.

pink freud Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:54:44pm

Rush appears to be knocking it out of the park.

"We love our founding documents."

2SoonOld2LateSmart Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:54:52pm

Hope that's not a lefthand thread.

Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:54:58pm

re: #37 pat

I guess it is not important that a Muslim tried to kill Obama.

Is that the aids blood guy from chicago?

Sharmuta Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:56:05pm

It's a threaded bolt... Then the bolt got threaded. Wild.

pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:56:28pm

That bolt is hexed.
Other styles keep it Allen the family.
Those Torx my jaw.
/using this slot to fillip the punsters

pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:57:06pm

re: #39 2SoonOld2LateSmart

Hope that's not a lefthand thread.

It's all right.

Killian Bundy Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:57:14pm

re: #40 Nevergiveup

Is that the aids blood guy from chicago?

What an idiot.

/like Obama goes out to the mailbox every morning and then sits down in the Oval office to open his mail

swamprat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:58:01pm

re: #24 Ojoe

Nice zinc crystals on the galvanizing.

Hats off to the people that standardized screw threads.

Wentworth was a genius who was never understood! You American Standard people are just sheep who can't think for themselves! The "locking thread" is the closest we have to The Wentworth, and it just isn't the same!

.....ok, this is sarcasm....

ConservatismNow! Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:58:09pm

re: #42 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Clearly you have galvanized into action

Cheechako Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:58:43pm

Advise caution, that bolt's not using a washer.

pat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:58:50pm

re: #40 Nevergiveup

Yes. An Ethiopian Muslim immigrant. Wonderful.

Nevergiveup Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:58:56pm

re: #44 Killian Bundy

What an idiot.

/like Obama goes out to the mailbox every morning and then sits down in the Oval office to open his mail

Come to think of it, I never have seen a mail box at the White House?
/

Timbre Sat, Feb 28, 2009 1:59:07pm

A Rush Bolt

KingKenrod Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:00:00pm

re: #38 pink freud

Rush appears to be knocking it out of the park.

"We love our founding documents."

I wish the GOP had some leadership who could clearly and authentically explain and support conservative ideas like Rush.

swamprat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:00:37pm

So I'm a nut about thread types.
Washer hobby?

ConservatismNow! Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:01:29pm

re: #49 Nevergiveup

Come to think of it, I never have seen a mail box at the White House?
/

Because Obama just checks it on his Blackberry that is a huge National Security risk. (I capitalize National Security because it's serious business.)

swamprat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:03:00pm

It's not something i would "die" over.
I have no money for it.
'Cause I'm "tapped".

pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:04:20pm

re: #54 swamprat

It's not something i would "die" over.
I have no money for it.
'Cause I'm "tapped".

You've given us your pitch, I see.

Ojoe Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:04:34pm

3/8" 16 TPI NC

1/4" 20 TPI NC

Ojoe Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:06:57pm

re: #24 Ojoe

"who" standardized ...

/looking over shoulder for Goddessoftheclassroom

pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:07:26pm

re: #56 Ojoe

3/8" 16 TPI NC

or

1/4" 20 TPI NC

That was a coarse evaluation.

pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:08:21pm

re: #57 Ojoe

"who" standardized ...

/looking over shoulder for Goddessoftheclassroom

heh, you'll have warning.
She'll get me first before she comes after you.

A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:09:58pm

re: #59 pre-Boomer Marine brat

heh, you'll have warning.
She'll get me first before she comes after you.

You guys crack me up..really good give and take...

pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:10:04pm

bbl

pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:10:40pm

re: #60 HoosierHoops

You guys crack me up..really good give and take...

Wanna see my scars?
*whine*
:D

pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:11:31pm

re: #60 HoosierHoops

You guys crack me up..really good give and take...

Have you seen my sock?
Especially made for her.

pre-Boomer Marine brat Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:12:16pm

bbl

A Man for all Seasons Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:12:36pm

re: #63 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Have you seen my sock?
Especially made for her.

yea..LOL

Ojoe Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:17:36pm

Henry Maudslay, inventor of the screw-cutting lathe.

We owe people like Maudslay a great deal.

_RememberTonyC Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:18:39pm

I LOVE this story:

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

I just hope those hollywood (insert insulting noun here) DO apologize to the iranian scumbags.

Dragonwolf Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:31:50pm

re: #5 pat

And this bolt does exactly what?

It's the foundations for Obama's budget. It's all based on getting plugged by a threaded object.

Cato the Elder Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:37:48pm

Before I saw the picture, I thought Charles was issuing an imperative!

albusteve Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:41:52pm

re: #66 Ojoe

Henry Maudslay, inventor of the screw-cutting lathe.

We owe people like Maudslay a great deal.

booo, no picture....those machines are pretty cool

Shr_Nfr Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:42:02pm

re: #48 pat

Apparently a total loon trying to get tickets to the inauguration: [Link: www.cnn.com...]

How to show somebody you care. Send them HIV tainted blood stains.

Jed 1899 Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:42:13pm

That G-10 takes great shot's. Fits right in the pocket too.
If I didn't already have a Rebel EOS...I could justify the 450 for the G-10. The Rebel won't fit in my pocket.
Ugh!

Shr_Nfr Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:43:28pm

No nuts around here except for the Ethiopian.

Ojoe Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:46:06pm

re: #70 albusteve

Maudslay's original screw cutting lathe.

Ojoe Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:46:20pm

BBL

Ojoe Sat, Feb 28, 2009 2:49:34pm

Modern screw cutting lathe.

BBL Really

gbrtng Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:56:20pm

re: #39 2SoonOld2LateSmart

Hope that's not a lefthand thread.

no, it's right-hand thread, and it's a hex head cap screw but some folks call them bolts ...

revGDright Sat, Feb 28, 2009 3:58:42pm

That looks like a "Jesus Bolt." It's the only thing holding up something real important and if you pull it out from under the whole whatever falls apart.

Windhorse Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:12:46pm

it looks to me like we are looking at both a bolt and nut. the threads on the upper end of the bolt seem to stop.... which makes me think we are looking at the end of the bolt (ie. visible). The nut is bearing on the concrete.... but I would think there should be a flat washer there to help distribute the load into the concrete.....

A bolt is bolt if there is a nut on the other end... say holding two flanges together. A screw is something that is held in place by internal threads machined into a casting or weldment.....

WindHorse Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:28:36pm

...not to mention the fact that the threads wouldn't go all the way up to the head of the bolt.... they would stop short of the head some distance....

WindHorse Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:29:54pm

unless the bolt is really short....

WindHorse Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:35:28pm

the thread length is usually 2 x diameter plus 1/4-inch....

WindHorse Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:36:25pm

....and, there ought to be a lockwasher in there too - especially if they are coarse threads......

WindHorse Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:54:57pm

oh shizzle.... that ain't concrete.... that's a steel tube! No need for the flat washer!

WindHorse Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:56:41pm

....and, I think the bolt head is UP, not down.... the bolt head is cpatured inside of that galvanized channel or whatever it is....

WindHorse Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:56:56pm

alright, I am done.

WindHorse Sat, Feb 28, 2009 4:57:55pm

no..... then the whole thing would collapse.... the bolt head is down....

yochanan Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:01:03pm

WERE IS THE SCREW?

WASHINGTON D.C.!

HogsBreath Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:05:01pm

Not to be overly picky, but that's not a bolt. Its an adjusting screw. What appears to be the bolt head is actually a nut. The nut is rotated raising and lowering the screw and thus adjusting the height of what ever that load is above it.

WindHorse Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:11:22pm

hmmm.... maybe a jacking bolt..... I guess I would have to look at what is inside of that channel, and what the end of the bolt looks like....

WindHorse Sat, Feb 28, 2009 5:12:19pm

...or jacking screw....

Sonarguitar Sat, Feb 28, 2009 8:02:07pm

Appears to be a form of trolly assembly for a sliding door or panel...like a barn door.

Example:
www.barndoorhardware.com/images/280swt_detail01.jpg

iamduhman Sat, Feb 28, 2009 9:45:15pm

Set screw with a lock nut. For adjusting that gap. Great composition. It would make a good painting.

RebelDebater Sun, Mar 1, 2009 9:22:52am

The right side by the screw needs dodging and then some of the top needs burning but otherwise a very nice pic lol

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