154 points

What a remarkable bolt! Can it come and do my place when it’s finished?

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Ah, the old… lemmy switcharoo?

I have a new thing that I miss most :(

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Hold my torque wrench I’m going in.

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Hello future people!

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Oh wow! Now my xeddit experience is complete! Hehe

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And now there’s no reason going back

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get me in the screenshot

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new

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My first thought - aww, what a clever little bolt, and cute to boot!

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47 points

ive seen these used sticking out of concrete, the bend acting as the anchor… then the wood is bolted to this.

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24 points

J Bolts for concrete don’t have a head on them. The bent part is embedded into the concrete and would never be turned. Forming a hex head would be a wasted extra production cost.

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I could see but it seems like a washer would be a much easier way to do this rather than bending like that

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15 points

Even with a washer, the head of a straight bolt won’t hold very well in concrete when you go trying to tighten it, it’ll most likely start spinning and possibly even damage the concrete.

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That’s true. I was thinking pull through but you’re right about spinning while tightening.

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26 points

Ugh, happens to me all the time when I get overconfident trying to hammer in bolts.

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24 points

At my old job we had some of these on the wall for hanging our hardhats.

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16 points

I read they’re doing a recall on the left bend one. The right bends are okay tho.

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