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To: djf

I’m an engineer, not a tool and die guy. However, even if you had rod stock, and dies to cut threads on them, how do you propose adding a head to make a bolt?

And then, how do you plan on hardening that bolt?

I’m all for being able to DIY in case of SHTF, but in this case I think I’d rather stockpile bolts (remembering that long ones can be cut shorter), nuts, washers and lock washers.


13 posted on 01/12/2012 11:04:23 PM PST by Monitor ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-front for the urge to rule it." - H. L. Mencken)
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To: Monitor

Good advise..


17 posted on 01/12/2012 11:08:38 PM PST by DirtyHarryY2K (The Tree of Liberty is long overdue for its natural manure)
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