Re: 12-pt nuts/bolts - was - Tool for a loved one

["Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>]

From: B. Vibert <blur@ican.net>


>Actually, most "bolts" are only screws, until you put a nut on it, then it
>becomes a bolt.

Haven't heard that one.  Where does it come from?

>Strange but true.


How "true" that is depends upon to which group of semantics you subscribe.
In the inch system, machinists often refer to bolts small enough to be
called out by number as "machine screws".  If they are 1/4-inch or larger,
and are called out by fractional size, they are "bolts".

Phil Ethier    Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
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