View Single Post
  #5   Report Post  
Posted to rec.woodworking
Lew Hodgett[_6_] Lew Hodgett[_6_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 3,350
Default Screw sizes. or Lag bolts going smaller too.


woodchucker wrote:


I was by Lowes to pick up some lag bolts, for a set of wheels to
move my
wood lathe. Thanks I think Leon for the video showing a perfect
method..
pics later.

I saw the conversation on screws getting smaller.
Well the lags are shrinking both in length and width too.
Length has shrunk from previous screws by enough to raise my
eyebrow. A
1 1/2 in screw previously measured 1 5/8 length (much older stock
that I
had), now measures 1 3/8 in length.
The lag has also changed from 5/16 previously to 1/64 under.

Can't wait too see where we are going from here.

------------------------------------------------
Think metric standardization.

Lew