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Ohio Dem

(4,357 posts) Thu Feb 16, 2012, 03:54 AM Feb 2012

I have a question for the smartest people on the internet.

My brother paid a visit today and asked me a question. He, for the life of him, couldn't think of a word, and I wasn't able to help. I googled it, but I couldn't find the answer.

A carriage bolt requires a square hole in the wood, metal, or whatever. What is the name of the process that produces that square hole?

I'm cross posting this in the Lounge.

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I have a question for the smartest people on the internet. (Original Post) Ohio Dem Feb 2012 OP

In metal it would be punched. In wood, ya just tighten up the bolt and it will make it's own square OffWithTheirHeads Feb 2012 #1

If I remember right, JoeyT Feb 2012 #2

maybe the word you are looking for is "broaching" or "broached"... ret5hd Feb 2012 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Feb 2012 #4

Yep, that was the word he was looking for. Ohio Dem Feb 2012 #7

That would be the "Cooking & Baking" Group. Adsos Letter Feb 2012 #5

Mortiser, but it may not be a perfect fit Kolesar Feb 2012 #6

vinyl windows ratings anderson26 Mar 2012 #8

OffWithTheirHeads

(10,337 posts)

1. In metal it would be punched. In wood, ya just tighten up the bolt and it will make it's own square

Reply to Ohio Dem (Original post)

Thu Feb 16, 2012, 05:03 AM

Feb 2012

JoeyT

(6,785 posts)

2. If I remember right,

Reply to Ohio Dem (Original post)

Thu Feb 16, 2012, 05:48 AM

Feb 2012

"setting" is what it's usually called for wood.

Edited to add: Which is an awfully fancy name for a process that's best described as "Smack it with something until it stops turning".

ret5hd

(22,588 posts)

3. maybe the word you are looking for is "broaching" or "broached"...

Reply to Ohio Dem (Original post)

Thu Feb 16, 2012, 08:47 AM

Feb 2012

but in sheet metal it would probably just be punched.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broaching_(metalworking)

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Ohio Dem

(4,357 posts)

7. Yep, that was the word he was looking for.

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 18, 2012, 02:00 PM

Feb 2012

Thanks.

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)

5. That would be the "Cooking & Baking" Group.

Reply to Ohio Dem (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 01:29 AM

Feb 2012

I think...

Kolesar

(31,182 posts)

6. Mortiser, but it may not be a perfect fit

Reply to Ohio Dem (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 01:06 PM

Feb 2012

Poster 1 is correct that you don't need it in wood: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1158529#post1

I had bad luck forcing carriage bolts into a thick aluminum sheet. I would tighten the 1/4-20 nut, then break off the bolt. I had to redrill the hole a few times, and progressively larger, until the square shaft was just barely an "interference fit" in the hole.

Fun read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortiser

anderson26

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Thu Mar 1, 2012, 04:04 AM

Mar 2012

What's the name of that process??? Don't know

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