Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.quux.org!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Larry Wolff Newsgroups: alt.home.repair,rec.autos.tech Subject: Re: stainless steel bolts Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 10:10:46 -0500 Organization: rocksolid2 (novabbs.org) Message-ID: <96a669a927335371388189994d1ecbeef5cf1b39@novabbs.org> References: <0a446412adf840d0919764ec418895c5aa33204f@novabbs.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 15:10:48 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: novabbs.org; logging-data="1705347"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@novabbs.org"; posting-account="We4v8KLNpMNkFAjPdBjo15OoXWOMvHEYcV6PIPuJ7Pg"; User-Agent: Xnews/2006.08.24 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 On 11/7/2024 10:15 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: > ALL Quality bolts have roll-formed threads. Cut or in this case > "torn" or "chewed" threads are almost exclusively the domain of cheap > crappy fasteners. > These are definitely NOT rolled threads and appear to have been cut > with a worn out harbor fright dieset - - - Thanks for looking at the threads. Here's a clearer picture of them. https://i.postimg.cc/Vst7x1NL/boltsqj48.jpg These are for outdoor lights bolted high up where, if they rust, then it will be very hard to get them unbolted while perched tall on a ladder.