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Related: About this forumI have a question for the smartest people on the internet.
My brother paid a visit today and asked me a question. He, for the life of him, couldn't think of a word, and I wasn't able to help. I googled it, but I couldn't find the answer.
A carriage bolt requires a square hole in the wood, metal, or whatever. What is the name of the process that produces that square hole?
I'm cross posting this in the Lounge.
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OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)JoeyT
(6,785 posts)"setting" is what it's usually called for wood.
Edited to add: Which is an awfully fancy name for a process that's best described as "Smack it with something until it stops turning".
ret5hd
(20,718 posts)but in sheet metal it would probably just be punched.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broaching_(metalworking)
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Ohio Dem
(4,357 posts)Thanks.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)I think...
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)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
anderson26
(1 post)What's the name of that process??? Don't know
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