Bolt & Nut board style gauge

[Blue440Duster]

Yah know like at your local hardware store usually a plastic/lexan board with labeled studs for finding the nut you need and threaded holes for bolts.

Looked on the net but all I can find are standard hand held thread gauge I know there is some who supplies the retail market on this one just haven't stumbled on the right website yet.

 

[PassnThru]

Something similar?
http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=2&p=64800&cat=3,41306

 

[Blue440Duster]

YEP..... but looking for something with a wider range and for bolts too.

Thanks

 

[PassnThru]

That does bolts also.

 

[BioHazard]

Seems like you could make something like that relatively easy by buying one nut/bolt of every size and attaching it to a board, labeling each one. The hardest part would be trying to pay for all those random nuts/bolts, even though they only cost a few cents.

 

[Art From De Leon]

Something similar?
http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=2&p=64800&cat=3,41306

The wood box alone makes it worth the price.

Or, McMaster-Carr has these:

20375A21
Thread-It Nut and Bolt Gauge Measures 26 (Total) Screw and Bolt Sizes

20375A27
Thread-It Nut and Bolt Gauge Wall Mnt, Measures 28 (Total) Nut and Bolt Sizes
In stock at $44.10 Each

 

[rwhite692]

I like the portable type as opposed to "board-style" because very often when you need to determine a thread size, you can't bring the object over to a board style guage (such as when working under a car, etc)

These are real nice and only $15. Metric and standard are available.

Thread Detective Screw Gauge, Standard:

http://www.amazon.com/Thread-Detective-Screw-Gauge-Standard/dp/B002MMIK1U

 

[Jack Olsen]

That's what I have. You can hang them on a hook near your fasteners, or -- like rwhite692 says -- take them to where the fasteners are. You can check nuts and bolts and length with them.

 

[Pharmteck]

http://www.fastenal.com/web/products.ex?N=999603177&in_dim_search=1

 

[RbrtAWhyt]

http://www.systemsstore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=SS-TC&Category_Code=TC

 

[blitzdemon]

http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/25103/2759143810011691741S600x600Q85.jpg

lols (dirty mind)

 

[Matt M PA]

I can't it online...but I bought one like the wall mount one above....at Grainger. Mine is the yellow one like Lowe's has in their hardware isle.

 

[mikeceli]

Lurking. I need those.

 

[z28snksknr]

I like the portable type as opposed to "board-style" because very often when you need to determine a thread size, you can't bring the object over to a board style guage (such as when working under a car, etc)

These are real nice and only $15. Metric and standard are available.

Thread Detective Screw Gauge, Standard:

http://www.amazon.com/Thread-Detective-Screw-Gauge-Standard/dp/B002MMIK1U

Just ordered. Thanks to this board for pointing out YET AGAIN, the tools that I do not own yet, but unquestionably need.

 

[rburke65]

rwhite692 and Jack ....where do we buy these?

 

[rwhite692]

There is a link to the Amazon page, under the photo.

 

[scbird94]

The **** bead lookin things...



I dont get it... the metric are black and the standard are red... right? how come both sae/metric on amazon contain both? (at least in the pictures...)

Me want buy NOW.

 

[rburke65]

Thanks guys....I'll try to read what IS in front of me from now on! And the set from Lee Valley IS portable....you can unscrew the knurled bolt to try it in a hole when your under the car.

 

[Blue440Duster]

Found some more.........

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/me...atalog/N-8kt/Ntt-bolt+gauge?op=search&sst=All

 

[rwhite692]

... the metric are black and the standard are red... right? how come both sae/metric on amazon contain both? (at least in the pictures....

I don't think Amazon provided an actual separate picture of each (The metric and the standard), they only photographed one of them and used same photo for both...

 

[bentt]

http://www.boltsizeit.com/bin_mount_gauges.html

 

[Art From De Leon]

http://www.boltsizeit.com/bin_mount_gauges.html

Those are what I have. Bought them at NAPA.

 

[W.I.P.]

Here's another.

http://www.boltdepot.com/thread-gauges.aspx

 

[mad57]

I like the portable type as opposed to "board-style" because very often when you need to determine a thread size, you can't bring the object over to a board style guage (such as when working under a car, etc)

These are real nice and only $15. Metric and standard are available.

Thread Detective Screw Gauge, Standard:

http://www.amazon.com/Thread-Detective-Screw-Gauge-Standard/dp/B002MMIK1U

I just bought these as well very cool set up!!!

 

[RonRock]

This is a very handy thread. Now I have to decide which one I need first. Pretty sure I'll end up with more than one.

 

[Ray-CA]

I just use my thread restorer set if I need to id a nut or bolt.

Ray

 

[Crusty Nut]

http://www.fastenal.com/web/products/detail.ex?sku=63151&ucst=t
Is what I have. It does sae, metric, coarse and fine nuts, and probably something else. It came with my bolt bin. It is handy at times.

 

[Outlander]

I am notoriously bad at identifying sizes...my cousin just looks at it from across the room and walks over with the right mating piece. I guess different genes have been filtered from our grandparents

Now, I too can get the right size first time

 

[machine_punk]

I have this one, and I recommend it. The reviews of the other brand, the one with red and black plastic balls, say that the thread name wears off. They are engraved in this model and filled with red paint. This is the exact model used by my local Ace Hardware and it still works beautifully after years of use by a hardware store. This one also includes metric and standard in the same product (which give you a couple less sizes than if you buy this company's separate metric and standard models, but which will be more than enough for me)...
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which you can find here...
http://www.threadtoolsupply.com/inch-metric-thread-checker.html


I think you are looking for this one, though...
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which you can find here...
http://www.threadtoolsupply.com/wall-mounted-thread-checker.html

 

[Air_Cooled_Nut]

I don't remember where I got these but I've found them very useful (all four come together, SAE and Metric):
Link

and I also have this style for SAE and Metric:
Link
I got these from the local Ace Hardware.

These are good for bolts AND nuts as the teeth can fit inside.

 

[Ed ke6bnl]

I don't remember where I got these but I've found them very useful:
Link

and I also have this style for SAE and Metric:
Link
I got these from the local Ace Hardware.

These are good for bolts AND nuts as the teeth can fit inside.

the top one I purchased at Harbor Freight and has been very useful and cheap

 

[mikeceli]

I have this one, and I recommend it. The reviews of the other brand, the one with red and black plastic balls, say that the thread name wears off. They are engraved in this model and filled with red paint. This is the exact model used by my local Ace Hardware and it still works beautifully after years of use by a hardware store. This one also includes metric and standard in the same product (which give you a couple less sizes than if you buy this company's separate metric and standard models, but which will be more than enough for me)...
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which you can find here...
http://www.threadtoolsupply.com/inch-metric-thread-checker.html


I have the "Thread Chaser" in the top photo. It is the perfect tool, for sizing bolt nuts etc. I used thread pitch gauges to size for years, the above tool is MUCH better.

 

[A**holes Garage]

I have this same one but from Grainger.

I have this one, and I recommend it. The reviews of the other brand, the one with red and black plastic balls, say that the thread name wears off. They are engraved in this model and filled with red paint.

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[abstamaria]

Having only had the feeler type gauges shown by Air Cooled Nut, I do not know how I have survived this long without the great alternatives shown here. I did not know they existed! I have to choose and order a set right away! This has been quite helpful, so thank you.

By the way, is "Standard" the correct or common name for the inch-based system used on US and English cars until the shift to the metric standard? Would the English use the same term? Some use "Imperial" in other threads here, but I think that properly refers to the Whitworth system? I tended to use the term "unified," but since that didn't fit well against "metric" and confused the fellows who sometimes help me in the garage, I have tended to use "English" (I work on old English cars) or sometimes "Inch." Very confusing. (By the way, I understand that the standard for tripod camera sockets is Whitworth.)

Finally, to complete this digression, a very good set of books on nuts and bolts, which I recommend highly, is the series by the late Carroll Smith. He used to work on Carrioll Shelby's GT40 team.

Now to order some thread gauges ..


Andy

 

[vhol5]

How hard is it to check a threaded hole with the rope type? It seems since they aren't removable, it would be difficult to find the right size since you have to hold the whole assembly while trying to turn one of the studs in...

 

[machine_punk]

How hard is it to check a threaded hole with the rope type? It seems since they aren't removable, it would be difficult to find the right size since you have to hold the whole assembly while trying to turn one of the studs in...

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I don't usually find myself checking threaded holes with this, I am usually checking a nut or a bolt. I suppose it's not too hard to turn the whole thing around to check a threaded hole, though...it's not like you have thread it all the way in, just a turn or two to make sure it isn't trying to cross-thread. The wire is super long on this set...which essentially allows you to 'isolate' the actual thread checker you are using at any given time...you can use your opposite hand to keep the rest of them out of the way.

Another option is to find a bolt or machine screw which fits the blind hole, then check the bolt. An extra step, I know, but it is an option.

For me, this is completely worth it...so much easier than trying to take my bolts and nuts and projects to the hardware store just to figure out what size to buy.

It's a WHOLE LOT easier than checking a threaded hole with this, though...
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[RonRock]

How hard is it to check a threaded hole with the rope type? It seems since they aren't removable, it would be difficult to find the right size since you have to hold the whole assembly while trying to turn one of the studs in...

I have the same concern. I'm thinking that you would be best to have a bolt that will thread into the hole, then use it on the checker. May not always be the best way.

Someone also posted a set that was separate pieces in a wood box. That would do the trick.

 

[blatterjr]

http://www.fastenal.com/web/products/detail.ex?sku=63151&ucst=t
Is what I have. It does sae, metric, coarse and fine nuts, and probably something else. It came with my bolt bin. It is handy at times.

That's the one I have as well. Simple and easy to store in the drawer with hardware.