On 4/4/2020 9:20 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"Terry Coombs"Â* wrote in message ...


...So I used up my last piece of 1.25" 4140 to machine a new bolt ...

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Tractor Supply sells large Grade 5 bolts that can be turned down and
rethreaded into custom hardware.



But there's not a TS within a hundred miles ... and I've had that piece
of 4140 for at least a couple or 5 years . It turned out well and I'm
not sorry I used it .

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Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !