On 4 October 2016 at 18:55, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > But I went to Home Depot yesterday to find some 3/8-24 > nuts, but was only able to source them in grade 5,
Nuts should generally be softer than bolts anyway. In the original application they would have been hard, machined bolts as they were expected to be loosened and tightened thousand of times. With CNC you almost certainly will never touch then again once tightened, so the softer nuts will be fine (and will apply a more tapered force profile to the bolts, good for fatigue) -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
