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carriage bolt
noun
A type of bolt with a rounded head and a square shank which will not turn.
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If you attempt to tighten a loose screw and find that it has stripped its threads, pull it out and replace it with a carriage bolt.
Drill a hole through the door and insert the carriage bolt from the outside; secure it with a nut and washer from the inside.
Regulars knew they could stay for hours, buy one five-inch carriage bolt for $1.49 and still be warmly treated by a staff that loved tinkering as much as they.
AT a family reunion in Canada, my mother's cousin gave me a huge bull's bell hand-riveted with folding seams and a replacement clapper made from a three-eighths-inch carriage bolt.
The impact impulse energy is produced by a small steel sphere (head of a carriage bolt) mounted on the oscillating lever.
Tightly screw the wing nut onto the carriage bolt.
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If so, you might be able to use standard carriage bolts to link the plates.
Sand and rout the edges, drill the required holes and assemble with carriage bolts.
Ewald used carriage bolts in his construction, which allows him to tighten the screws periodically as they loosen.
Install guard plates with round-head carriage bolts to prevent them from being unscrewed.
Attach your cut boards on the outside of your posts with carriage bolts.
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