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Offline Darren

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Square headed bolts
« on: April 10, 2010, 05:23:15 AM »
Why do a lot of machine tools use square headed bolts/screws .... just curious  :scratch:
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Offline cidrontmg

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Re: Square headed bolts
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2010, 09:09:33 AM »
A square head is inherently way stronger than a hex head, also historically, as raw material for bolts, square bars are far older than hex bars. What was once found good, is not lightly changed  :wave:
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