The hollow carriage bolt, revisited.


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Posted by jim lee [172.68.133.177] on Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 14:46:47 :

So, as I'm sure you all remember, the hollow carriage bolt that holds the blackout marker lights on. I'd broken one, asked about it, yada yada yada.. I was stuck and Daryl in Oz said.. "Get a long one and lop off the threaded end then rethread the shank."

Brilliant!

Went to the hardware store to buy a long one. 99% are now threaded all the way. I found one about 9" long that I could cut the end off.

A boat builder friend in town let me use his lathe to cut the head down. Drill it out, face to length and get my 5/16 die started.

Took it home, finished threading it, sand blasted it, then...

ZINC PLATED IT!

Ta da!

Yah, yeah, I know. Easy peasy. But I am proud of that little part and I had to show it to someone.

-jim lee



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