What's a clenched bolt?

[Piers]

What\'s a clenched bolt?

The carving and marking notice for the boat calls for a plate to be fixed to the main beam using "through bolts with the ends clenched".

What does this mean?

 

[FWB]

Re: What\'s a clenched bolt?

Hammered over so the nut cant be removed.

 

[ccscott49]

Re: What\'s a clenched bolt?

Exactly, rivetted over, so the bolts cannot be easily removed.

 

[landaftaf]

Re: What\'s a clenched bolt?

it could of course be a way of describing the way a person with acute diarohhea proceeds to the marina toilets after discovering his heads are blocked

I hope this helps ....

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[ShipsWoofy]

Re: What\'s a clenched bolt?

Nice simile ! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif


Even better is climbing a ladder on a tidal wall, it gets longer and longer as you go!

 

[ghost]

Re: What\'s a clenched bolt?

a clenched bolt = that bit of hypertension just before ya come............. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[nedmin]

Re: What\'s a clenched bolt?

or could it be to saw down the bolts excess threads longitudinally and open out the saw cut with a chisel to stop nut coming off?