Recent content by Apokolipse

What a good looking question. I inherited this product. It has been running for years. I would assume we do not use flagged nuts or bolts because the design engineer did not find them pretty enough for a product sold at Home Depot. The only issue with the tools they use currently are...

Oh, lord, have we tried. We have very little clearance in the corner of this assembly. Two bolts go into a 90-degree corner bracket from each side. The only way we have found where the tools fit, is running the bolts through from the outside and (apparently) letting the impact draw the nut in on...

Very clear explanation. Thank you for taking the time. Everyone at my plant uses terms interchangeably and I was having a hard time getting to the why of the thing.

Alright, given my profession as a manufacturing engineer, this is going to seem dumb. I am great with math but have very little experience actually selecting tools. Why is it that some pneumatic wrenches can draw a nut in from the back but others just spin the bolt and nut around together? I am...