Elevator bolts?

[eccentrictinkerer]

I stopped at an industrial hardware store yesterday and stumbled on a bolt that was new to me.



In picked up some 1/4-20 bolts 1 1/2" long (they had 5/16", also). The head is about 1" in diameter.

I ground the head to fit in the slot on my rip fence to secure a sacrificial fence. Worked great! And only 26 cents each!

http://www.go4b.com/usa/bolts.asp

[viking4949]

I used to sell bolts for a living, and a running joke for a new employee was to try to get them to sell these bolts to our customers that maintain people moving elevators. The bolts are designed for use in a grain or similar type elevator.

[Tom Slick]

Did you ever sell carriage bolts to carriage owners or did farmers buy plow bolts? Were you ever successful with sex bolts?

[LCHIEN]

did anyone ever ask to buy a lightning bolt? How about a fabric bolt?

[Norm in Fujino]

. . . a crossbow bolt must be for fastening a bow crosswise, and a hex bolt is for witches. And of course, Usain Bolt is a miracle on two legs.

[Charlie]

I used to sell bolts for a living. The bolts are designed for use in a grain or similar type elevator.

Thats news to me, I use to work in a hardware store where they specialized in bolts and hardware, we called them Elevator bolts also, as in elevateing an object is the way I understood it, or leveling feet.

[Hoover]

Did you ever sell carriage bolts to carriage owners or did farmers buy plow bolts??

Yep, used them all the time when I was on the farm
http://www.nutsandbolts.com/bolts-pl...-c-31_165.html

[scmhogg]

The fact sheet on the bolts states, "Extensively tested and used in USA grain industry."

Steve

[Lonnie in Orlando]

I started to grind down elevator bolts for use in my fence, too. However, I didn't because the head is slightly conical inside, so I was afraid that it would warp the track in the fence. Looks like my concern was unfounded.

FYI, I use Ryobi Tee nuts for the wide slots and ground-down carriage bolts or toilet bowl bolts for the narrow slots.

- Lonnie

[Charlie]

The fact sheet on the bolts states, "Extensively tested and used in USA grain industry."

Steve

I'll have to ask a farmer, there should be a few up here in this part of the country. But they will probably give me some German name for it. LOL

[Black wallnut]

They are called elevator bolts because they are used to hold the buckets onto the belt in a bucket elevator.

http://www.cardinalgrain.com/Bucket.aspx

http://bucketelevator.info/

[Black wallnut]

Yep, used them all the time when I was on the farm
http://www.nutsandbolts.com/bolts-pl...-c-31_165.html

Plow bolts bring back memories for me too! But then again so do bucket bolts.