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Long Toilet Bolts
I have the need for some 4-1/2" long brass toilet bolts to hold a
toilet down on a custom plywood pedestal. This is a custom home, probably built by a jack-of-all-trades, guaranteed master of none. The pedestal under the loo on the upper floor is 2-1/2" thick and the one beneath the bottom floor loo is 3/4". He probably glued the flanges in at a level other than the floor. Anyway, the flooring guys can't do their job until I come up with bolts for the owner. Most standard bolts are 2.5" and I found some long ones which are 4". I need a longer bolt. Homey's Despot didn't have any brass couplers or brass allthread. Any ideas where I can find these dinosaur teeth? Here's the style: http://tinyurl.com/lxmsvht (Man, what a ripoff price these guys want. They're $2.37 at Grover.) -- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself. -- Louis L'Amour |
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On 1/3/2014 11:34 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
I have the need for some 4-1/2" long brass toilet bolts to hold a toilet down on a custom plywood pedestal. This is a custom home, probably built by a jack-of-all-trades, guaranteed master of none. The pedestal under the loo on the upper floor is 2-1/2" thick and the one beneath the bottom floor loo is 3/4". He probably glued the flanges in at a level other than the floor. Anyway, the flooring guys can't do their job until I come up with bolts for the owner. Most standard bolts are 2.5" and I found some long ones which are 4". I need a longer bolt. Homey's Despot didn't have any brass couplers or brass allthread. Any ideas where I can find these dinosaur teeth? Here's the style: http://tinyurl.com/lxmsvht (Man, what a ripoff price these guys want. They're $2.37 at Grover.) -- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself. How about stainless allthread? David |
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On Fri, 03 Jan 2014 21:34:01 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote: I have the need for some 4-1/2" long brass toilet bolts to hold a toilet down on a custom plywood pedestal. This is a custom home, probably built by a jack-of-all-trades, guaranteed master of none. The pedestal under the loo on the upper floor is 2-1/2" thick and the one beneath the bottom floor loo is 3/4". He probably glued the flanges in at a level other than the floor. Anyway, the flooring guys can't do their job until I come up with bolts for the owner. Most standard bolts are 2.5" and I found some long ones which are 4". I need a longer bolt. Homey's Despot didn't have any brass couplers or brass allthread. Any ideas where I can find these dinosaur teeth? Here's the style: http://tinyurl.com/lxmsvht (Man, what a ripoff price these guys want. They're $2.37 at Grover.) Maybe stainless allthread with an acorn nut on top and a common on the bottom? -- Cheers, John B. |
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www.mcmaster.com has brass and stainless all thread in 1/4-20, nuts, etc.
Just not long toilet bolts :-). Depending on where you are they usually deliver in one day ups ground. ----- Regards, Carl Ijames "Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... I have the need for some 4-1/2" long brass toilet bolts to hold a toilet down on a custom plywood pedestal. This is a custom home, probably built by a jack-of-all-trades, guaranteed master of none. The pedestal under the loo on the upper floor is 2-1/2" thick and the one beneath the bottom floor loo is 3/4". He probably glued the flanges in at a level other than the floor. Anyway, the flooring guys can't do their job until I come up with bolts for the owner. Most standard bolts are 2.5" and I found some long ones which are 4". I need a longer bolt. Homey's Despot didn't have any brass couplers or brass allthread. Any ideas where I can find these dinosaur teeth? Here's the style: http://tinyurl.com/lxmsvht (Man, what a ripoff price these guys want. They're $2.37 at Grover.) -- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself. -- Louis L'Amour |
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Larry Jaques wrote:
I have the need for some 4-1/2" long brass toilet bolts to hold a toilet down on a custom plywood pedestal. This is a custom home, probably built by a jack-of-all-trades, guaranteed master of none. The pedestal under the loo on the upper floor is 2-1/2" thick and the one beneath the bottom floor loo is 3/4". He probably glued the flanges in at a level other than the floor. Anyway, the flooring guys can't do their job until I come up with bolts for the owner. Most standard bolts are 2.5" and I found some long ones which are 4". I need a longer bolt. Homey's Despot didn't have any brass couplers or brass allthread. Any ideas where I can find these dinosaur teeth? Here's the style: http://tinyurl.com/lxmsvht (Man, what a ripoff price these guys want. They're $2.37 at Grover.) -- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself. -- Louis L'Amour Take a chunk of brass all thread (or stainless) Pair of heavy washers to fit the rod, braze washers to rod, smooth brazing, grind flats onto washers. If using stainless weld the washers on. -- Steve W. |
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"Steve W." wrote: Larry Jaques wrote: I have the need for some 4-1/2" long brass toilet bolts to hold a toilet down on a custom plywood pedestal. This is a custom home, probably built by a jack-of-all-trades, guaranteed master of none. The pedestal under the loo on the upper floor is 2-1/2" thick and the one beneath the bottom floor loo is 3/4". He probably glued the flanges in at a level other than the floor. Anyway, the flooring guys can't do their job until I come up with bolts for the owner. Most standard bolts are 2.5" and I found some long ones which are 4". I need a longer bolt. Homey's Despot didn't have any brass couplers or brass allthread. Any ideas where I can find these dinosaur teeth? Here's the style: http://tinyurl.com/lxmsvht (Man, what a ripoff price these guys want. They're $2.37 at Grover.) -- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself. -- Louis L'Amour Take a chunk of brass all thread (or stainless) Pair of heavy washers to fit the rod, braze washers to rod, smooth brazing, grind flats onto washers. If using stainless weld the washers on. How about standard bolts, some couplings, and the extra rod? http://www.grainger.com/product/Rod-Coupling-Nut-1JA53 -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge. |
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On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 13:37:03 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: "Steve W." wrote: Larry Jaques wrote: I have the need for some 4-1/2" long brass toilet bolts to hold a toilet down on a custom plywood pedestal. This is a custom home, probably built by a jack-of-all-trades, guaranteed master of none. The pedestal under the loo on the upper floor is 2-1/2" thick and the one beneath the bottom floor loo is 3/4". He probably glued the flanges in at a level other than the floor. Anyway, the flooring guys can't do their job until I come up with bolts for the owner. Most standard bolts are 2.5" and I found some long ones which are 4". I need a longer bolt. Homey's Despot didn't have any brass couplers or brass allthread. Any ideas where I can find these dinosaur teeth? Here's the style: http://tinyurl.com/lxmsvht (Man, what a ripoff price these guys want. They're $2.37 at Grover.) -- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself. -- Louis L'Amour Take a chunk of brass all thread (or stainless) Pair of heavy washers to fit the rod, braze washers to rod, smooth brazing, grind flats onto washers. If using stainless weld the washers on. Me gotsk no torch. sniffle How does brass TIG? How about standard bolts, some couplings, and the extra rod? http://www.grainger.com/product/Rod-Coupling-Nut-1JA53 I'm trying to find sleek round brass jobs to reduce the possibility of having to ream out the holes in the pedestal, too. The current problem is that they were made out of plated steel and rusted out. -- Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. -- Chuang-tzu |
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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 13:37:03 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: "Steve W." wrote: Larry Jaques wrote: I have the need for some 4-1/2" long brass toilet bolts to hold a toilet down on a custom plywood pedestal. This is a custom home, probably built by a jack-of-all-trades, guaranteed master of none. The pedestal under the loo on the upper floor is 2-1/2" thick and the one beneath the bottom floor loo is 3/4". He probably glued the flanges in at a level other than the floor. Anyway, the flooring guys can't do their job until I come up with bolts for the owner. Most standard bolts are 2.5" and I found some long ones which are 4". I need a longer bolt. Homey's Despot didn't have any brass couplers or brass allthread. Any ideas where I can find these dinosaur teeth? Here's the style: http://tinyurl.com/lxmsvht (Man, what a ripoff price these guys want. They're $2.37 at Grover.) -- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself. -- Louis L'Amour Take a chunk of brass all thread (or stainless) Pair of heavy washers to fit the rod, braze washers to rod, smooth brazing, grind flats onto washers. If using stainless weld the washers on. Me gotsk no torch. sniffle How does brass TIG? How about standard bolts, some couplings, and the extra rod? http://www.grainger.com/product/Rod-Coupling-Nut-1JA53 I'm trying to find sleek round brass jobs to reduce the possibility of having to ream out the holes in the pedestal, too. The current problem is that they were made out of plated steel and rusted out. -- Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. -- Chuang-tzu Use a short section of 3/8 refrigeration tube as a coupling and solder the extensions to the flanged bolts.... |
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On Sun, 5 Jan 2014 00:32:46 -0500, "Rick"
wrote: "Larry Jaques" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 13:37:03 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: "Steve W." wrote: Larry Jaques wrote: I have the need for some 4-1/2" long brass toilet bolts to hold a toilet down on a custom plywood pedestal. This is a custom home, probably built by a jack-of-all-trades, guaranteed master of none. The pedestal under the loo on the upper floor is 2-1/2" thick and the one beneath the bottom floor loo is 3/4". He probably glued the flanges in at a level other than the floor. Anyway, the flooring guys can't do their job until I come up with bolts for the owner. Most standard bolts are 2.5" and I found some long ones which are 4". I need a longer bolt. Homey's Despot didn't have any brass couplers or brass allthread. Any ideas where I can find these dinosaur teeth? Here's the style: http://tinyurl.com/lxmsvht (Man, what a ripoff price these guys want. They're $2.37 at Grover.) -- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself. -- Louis L'Amour Take a chunk of brass all thread (or stainless) Pair of heavy washers to fit the rod, braze washers to rod, smooth brazing, grind flats onto washers. If using stainless weld the washers on. Me gotsk no torch. sniffle How does brass TIG? How about standard bolts, some couplings, and the extra rod? http://www.grainger.com/product/Rod-Coupling-Nut-1JA53 I'm trying to find sleek round brass jobs to reduce the possibility of having to ream out the holes in the pedestal, too. The current problem is that they were made out of plated steel and rusted out. -- Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. -- Chuang-tzu Use a short section of 3/8 refrigeration tube as a coupling and solder the extensions to the flanged bolts.... Hmmm, maybe. If I could find some lug-nut style nuts with a coupler type of threaded extension attached, those would work ideally with the 4" bolts I bought yesterday. Y'know, the female part of a screw-together rivet? -- Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. -- Chuang-tzu |
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Larry Jaques wrote: On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 13:37:03 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: "Steve W." wrote: Larry Jaques wrote: I have the need for some 4-1/2" long brass toilet bolts to hold a toilet down on a custom plywood pedestal. This is a custom home, probably built by a jack-of-all-trades, guaranteed master of none. The pedestal under the loo on the upper floor is 2-1/2" thick and the one beneath the bottom floor loo is 3/4". He probably glued the flanges in at a level other than the floor. Anyway, the flooring guys can't do their job until I come up with bolts for the owner. Most standard bolts are 2.5" and I found some long ones which are 4". I need a longer bolt. Homey's Despot didn't have any brass couplers or brass allthread. Any ideas where I can find these dinosaur teeth? Here's the style: http://tinyurl.com/lxmsvht (Man, what a ripoff price these guys want. They're $2.37 at Grover.) -- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself. -- Louis L'Amour Take a chunk of brass all thread (or stainless) Pair of heavy washers to fit the rod, braze washers to rod, smooth brazing, grind flats onto washers. If using stainless weld the washers on. Me gotsk no torch. sniffle How does brass TIG? How about standard bolts, some couplings, and the extra rod? http://www.grainger.com/product/Rod-Coupling-Nut-1JA53 I'm trying to find sleek round brass jobs to reduce the possibility of having to ream out the holes in the pedestal, too. The current problem is that they were made out of plated steel and rusted out. I've seen those made of brass. They can be soldered. Use the 2" bolts, couplings and enough rod to do the job. that way the couplings won't interfere on either end. -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge. |
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"Larry Jaqs" wrote in message
... I'm trying to find sleek round brass jobs to reduce the possibility of having to ream out the holes in the pedestal, too. The current problem is that they were made out of plated steel and rusted out. Recently I found solid brass rod up to 1/4" in a hobby store. |
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On Sun, 5 Jan 2014 10:05:23 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote: "Larry Jaqs" wrote in message .. . I'm trying to find sleek round brass jobs to reduce the possibility of having to ream out the holes in the pedestal, too. The current problem is that they were made out of plated steel and rusted out. Recently I found solid brass rod up to 1/4" in a hobby store. Again, that doesn't address my problem. I can find rod, but I'm looking for either thin couplers in non-corrosive metal, or longer toilet bolts with the flats on the end. Toilet flanges won't accept nuts or standard bolt heads. -- Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. -- Chuang-tzu |
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