Threaded fasteners are galvanized in specialized galvanizing facilities that centrifuge the fasteners to remove excess zinc from the threads. Australian Standard AS1214 recommends the obligatory ...

Few things disturb us more than the bewilderment of a broken bolt or seized pipe plug in a casting. You’re at a loss for how to get the darned thing out. This is when you have to slow down and come up ...

Few things seem more hopeless than when you’re in the process of removing a bolt, screw, or stud and it breaks. At that point, you know it’s all over but the crying. You’ve busted a bolt off in a ...

Historically, the threading of holes has been a fairly straightforward operation, usually performed close to the end of a part’s machining. Once the holes had been drilled, thread taps of the ...

I need to replace the end cap on a PVC pipe. The current cap is just a standard PVC cap that I can find at Home Depot for 50 cents. However, none of them have 1/4" threaded holes. I am not ...