hi the hardware store where i go calls it a dowel pin. thats the lag and machine screw. jim At 03:29 PM 7/29/2008, you wrote:
>Thanks for that about dowell screws, >now if I could find out what you call a screw with a lag bolt on one end >and a machine bolt on the other I'd be happy. > >I suppose your dog won't learn to just pull the gate towards himself and >get out? but I'd keep pretty close track of him till you're sure. I know >with some farm animals, great elaboration has to be taken with gate latches >to keep them from learning how to work them. > >I'd use carrige bolts going from the gate hinge post to the rail, >not lag screws as the pull on them will be in tension which is >the weak direction for lag bolts. > >Tom Fowle > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1579 - Release Date: >7/29/2008 6:43 AM
