I Gots Big Nutz

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Some of the partz for the pipe stands arrived on Friday.............................

  1" Acme threaded nutzzzzzz.  It's all coming together I guess.  Everything's goin' down the crapper, but still paddling


Reply:Whenever I order stuff from Mcmaster-Carr like that, I think of Wiley coyote ordering stuff from Acme Supply Co.  

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Reply:I've got some acme rod here that I keep meaning to get some nuts for.  I just keep forgetting to measure the stuff to see what size it is.  I'll look forward to seeing the stands you build.
Reply:Years ago I made some support rods ( I think they were about 1") to pull a building back together that was starting to spread. On the joints between the threaded rod and the plain rod I welded them together and slid a pipe over the joint and welded both ends of the pipe. Anywhere I was joining 2 threaded rods I used extended nuts.... similar to what you have but they are about 3" through. Everything was holding fine when we finally demolished the building.250 amp Miller DialArc AC/DC StickF-225 amp Forney AC Stick230 amp Sears AC StickLincoln 180C MIGVictor Medalist 350 O/ACut 50 PlasmaLes
Reply:some of the nuts on the draglines we work on you got to make a wrench or socket for unless you feel like payin 300 bucks for a tool you might use once evry 30 years or so and they are big like maybe 6  inches across the flats or more. Then weld eyes on em and pull em with a comalong....makes for a long day for about 6 of em
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Originally Posted by old miner called Pop

some of the nuts on the draglines we work on you got to make a wrench or socket for unless you feel like payin 300 bucks for a tool you might use once evry 30 years or so and they are big like maybe 6  inches across the flats or more. Then weld eyes on em and pull em with a comalong....makes for a long day for about 6 of em
Reply:I hate to say it out loud, but my nuts aren't that big.... the wrench I needed was around 2 3/16 for the gang bolts of the tandem disc. I made one for the fixed square end, and was in the process of making one for the hex end when I found the cylinder bar wrench from an old combine was close enough to jump on.



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