Locking threads

[MossRoad]

 

[dragoneggs]

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That's the easy way. What also interests me are the mechanical ways. And not by accidentally pressing a button.

I could mention a few others than I didn't previously mention but was fishing for other ideas to morph this thread.

 

[4570Man]

That's the easy way. What also interests me are the mechanical ways. And not by accidentally pressing a button.

I could mention a few others than I didn't previously mention but was fishing for other ideas to morph this thread.

Sometimes I’ll bugger up the treads on the part that’s through the nut so it can’t back off.

 

[5030]

That's the easy way. What also interests me are the mechanical ways. And not by accidentally pressing a button.

I could mention a few others than I didn't previously mention but was fishing for other ideas to morph this thread.

Typical you...............

 

[dragoneggs]

Sometimes I’ll bugger up the treads on the part that’s through the nut so it can’t back off.

Good one.

 

[dragoneggs]

Typical you...............

Yes sir! How about a quick little spot weld that can be broken with a twist.

 

[lennyzx11]

Yes sir! How about a quick little spot weld that can be broken with a twist.

That used to be the norm for winch Installation. One bolt head or nut tacked to discourage theft.

Also seen and have did it on gate hinges to avoid lifting or removing hinges.

Have to say. Since the invention of the cordless angle grinder, theft has sure gotten easier for those that do it.

 

[ovrszd]

A follow-up on the mysterious two closed threads back on 09/02. I found that if I'm logged in to TBN, and scroll through a list of threads, if my left thumb bounces on the envelope icons, the iPad touchscreen saw it as a double click. Double clicking on an envelope when you have moderator powers toggles state between closed and opened threads, depending on it's current state. I knew this on PC, but did not on iPad. I figured it out when I went to read a thread, bumped the envelope instead of the link, and it closed on me. So I'm pretty sure it was me that closed those two. I'll be a bit more careful where my left thumb rides on the screen and apologize for the inconvenience.

Just thought some of you would like to know that those two were not intentional. All the others, pretty much so.

Thanks for the explanation Moss!!!

Locked threads here almost always involve one particular member. Good to know it wasn't him having mastered the art of locking threads.

 

[ovrszd]

I'm still hoping for thread drift here to talk about locking threads. :laughing:

I hate it when members title threads in a manner that has nothing to do with the subject... :stirthepot:

 

[rekees4300]

Now I'm having a problem pruning threads. I have a report into the admins on that as well. I'd rather prune them and reopen if at all possible.

Hope this helps.

How to Prune a Large Tree | This Old House - YouTube

 

[ovrszd]

Sometimes I’ll bugger up the treads on the part that’s through the nut so it can’t back off.

Thread drift story time.....

Years ago I was helping and elderly gentleman change the cutting edges on the grader he ran. They are heavy and his old grader didn't have the ability to rotate the moldboard outside the grader so they had to be changed laying on the ground. When we got the new ones on and the bolts tight he grabbed a ball peen hammer and started beating on the exposed bolt threads. I asked why? He said so they don't come loose. I asked, doesn't that make them hard to remove when you need to rotate the cutters? He looked at me like I was an idiot. Then said, who rotates cutters??? :confused3:

I rotate mine at least 10 times before I have them worn out.

 

[JethroB]

Thread drift story time.....

Years ago I was helping and elderly gentleman change the cutting edges on the grader he ran. They are heavy and his old grader didn't have the ability to rotate the moldboard outside the grader so they had to be changed laying on the ground. When we got the new ones on and the bolts tight he grabbed a ball peen hammer and started beating on the exposed bolt threads. I asked why? He said so they don't come loose. I asked, doesn't that make them hard to remove when you need to rotate the cutters? He looked at me like I was an idiot. Then said, who rotates cutters??? :confused3:

I rotate mine at least 10 times before I have them worn out.

I thought the punch line would be “that is what a torch is for”.

 

[dragoneggs]

How about Castellated Nuts and Cotter pins?

LOCTITE(R) Threadlocker vs Castellated Nut - YouTube

 

[5030]

Now I'm having a problem pruning threads. I have a report into the admins on that as well. I'd rather prune them and reopen if at all possible.

I always thought you pruning shears were pretty dull....:laughing:

 

[dragoneggs]

Or jam nuts?

 

[radios1]

this is the proper way to lock threads. How to Lock Stitch on Sewing Machine - Sewing Machine Buffs this locks the threads so they can't pull out..

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^
And just above you was this Signature of "Dragoneggs";

The more you know... the more you know you don't know!

For me, seeing that after perusng your link was rather timely.




Speaking of locked threads... for a while I was taking old equipment apart which had been sitting in the woods for decades. I was amazed at how easily those old pre-recycled metal nuts still turn off.

 

[Diggin It]

Speaking of locked threads... .

I ran a #10 drywall type screw into a Locust stump. Three years later when I tried to get it out, it broke off. I cut below the bolt and put it on the wood splitter. Even after I split to expose the length of the screw, it was still tough to get loose.

 

[LouNY]

I just tighten my vise grips up and clamp down on the exposed threads, those nuts will not vibrate off.

 

[ovrszd]

I like where this thread has went.