Something only you guys would appreciate!!

[Exceller8]

I picked up this large castle nut at the swap meet a few days ago. It measures 3-1/2" ID, 5-1/2" OD, and is 5" high. I bought it from a guy who worked on turbine systems for GE. He had one with a 6" ID at home but wouldn't sell it. He said it took him 4 hours to get off of the turbine.

Anyway, I show this to family and friends and they just roll their eyes. I thought you guys would understand why I like this thing.

The second picture is with a quarter showing for size. The third picture is with a light coat of 3-in-1 oil. I think I'm going to leave it this way.

 

[Zeeman]

Got nuts? Cool.

 

[Exceller8]

Got nuts? Cool.

My nuts are bigger than yours!

 

[Jeepster425]

That is awesome

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[M6erfan]

Very cool

 

[ChevyEFI]

Given it's not hex, what's the driver for that fastener?

And more importantly, what thread size?

 

[L.Cheapo]

I'd keep that sucker in the freezer and use it to keep canned beverages cool.

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

My nuts are bigger than yours!

I wouldn't be so sure about that!!! Just from the home bolt bin...the big ones at work won't fit in a photo. 5-1/2 x 8 fine thread Nut. Any 7-1/2" socket will fit. Ed.

 

[619DioFan]

I wouldn't be so sure about that!!! Just from the home bolt bin...the big ones at work won't fit in a photo. 5-1/2 x 8 fine thread Nut. Any 7-1/2" socket will fit. Ed.

Do you have the socket for that ?

 

[Exceller8]

I wouldn't be so sure about that!!! Just from the home bolt bin...the big ones at work won't fit in a photo. 5-1/2 x 8 fine thread Nut. Any 7-1/2" socket will fit. Ed.

Now that is awesome!!

 

[Reducto]

I love it!

Now you just need a ridiculously large cotter pin to make it complete!

 

[firworks]

I love it!

Now you just need a ridiculously large cotter pin to make it complete!

Does the HF cotter pin assortment go that large?

 

[Exceller8]

I love it!

Now you just need a ridiculously large cotter pin to make it complete!

I'll be on the hunt for one. I know somebody here posted one awhile back.

 

[nadogail]

Thanks for posting the photo of that beauty.

 

[slip knot]

you need to get another one and hang the from a chain on the back bumper of your truck

Truck nuts.

 

[Hephaestus29]

I guess I dont get why a castle nut is
so special other than being able to say
you have the biggest nuts on the block.

 

[jakemac]

Put it on your desk and use it as a pen/pencil holder.

 

[DSLTRK]

I picked up this large castle nut at the swap meet a few days ago. It measures 3-1/2" ID, 5-1/2" OD, and is 5" high. I bought it from a guy who worked on turbine systems for GE. He had one with a 6" ID at home but wouldn't sell it. He said it took him 4 hours to get off of the turbine.

Anyway, I show this to family and friends and they just roll their eyes. I thought you guys would understand why I like this thing.

The second picture is with a quarter showing for size. The third picture is with a light coat of 3-in-1 oil. I think I'm going to leave it this way.

Everything about wind turbines is awesome!

I'd imagine he works at the Wind farm in Palm Springs since you live nearby in Banning? After decades of service, they are finally starting to phase out the older units with the new monster MW turbines.

What's also amazing, is the AWEA (American Wind Energy Association) wind show, It's being held in Anaheim next year. I have some pictures of the displays/tools as I attended this year's show in New Orleans. I remember seeing a booth with a table full of hardware like that.

 

[CGT80]

Is that from a wind turbine or a steam turbine? My uncle and cousin sand blast steam turbines and they easily fill an oversize semi trailer, but I don't know if they use any nuts like this.

I had the same thought of using it as a paper weight and pen holder for a desk. That is cool. My brother left a big nut and bolt in my garage, but it isn't that big, although I haven't handled his nut or shaft very much to get a good feel for the size.

 

[oldldh]

I always thought that you need a pair of nuts...

I couldn't have been wrong, for all these years???

Could I???

 

[Toolfool]

I wouldn't be so sure about that!!! Just from the home bolt bin...the big ones at work won't fit in a photo. 5-1/2 x 8 fine thread Nut. Any 7-1/2" socket will fit. Ed.

Where can I get one of those ?

 

[ADSR]

awesome!

 

[Exceller8]

Thanks for posting the photo of that beauty.

No problem... At least some people understand the coolness factor.

 

[PugetDude]

Great Post!

 

[dacan23]

Do you need at least a 12 ft cheater to remove that?

I wouldn't be so sure about that!!! Just from the home bolt bin...the big ones at work won't fit in a photo. 5-1/2 x 8 fine thread Nut. Any 7-1/2" socket will fit. Ed.

Do you have the socket for that ?

 

[Exceller8]

Great Post!

Thanks!!

 

[Tucko]

That's one nice cigar ashtray.....

 

[anndel]

That's some huge nuts. I just saw that castle nut sticking to the side of my co-worker's head and it was loose.

 

[MikeF2316]

I wouldn't be so sure about that!!! Just from the home bolt bin...the big ones at work won't fit in a photo. 5-1/2 x 8 fine thread Nut. Any 7-1/2" socket will fit. Ed.

Only my metric sockets go that big. I'd put both my 190 and 191 on the tool cart!

 

[leg17]

Is that actually part of a drive system rather than a castle nut?

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

"Where can I get one of those ? by Toolfool"

This is the only nut like this one I have left. Partly because only one would fit in the bin. Anyway because it's the only one I have left it is by nature my left nut. Now like I have said many times there are many things I would give my left nut for. Big vises, blacksmith cones and swage blocks....the list really goes on and on. I really like my left nut but it's certainly available. Ed.

 

[claymont]

I picked up this large castle nut at the swap meet a few days ago. It measures 3-1/2" ID, 5-1/2" OD, and is 5" high. I bought it from a guy who worked on turbine systems for GE. He had one with a 6" ID at home but wouldn't sell it. He said it took him 4 hours to get off of the turbine.

Anyway, I show this to family and friends and they just roll their eyes. I thought you guys would understand why I like this thing.

The second picture is with a quarter showing for size. The third picture is with a light coat of 3-in-1 oil. I think I'm going to leave it this way.

What is done to assemble/disassemble a nut like that is through a method of hydraulic tensioning/pre-stretching the stud so that the nut is run down by hand with the help of a small spanner or a hydraulic/pneumatic nut runner. Come off the same way, stretch the stud unscrew the nut a couple threads, move on to the next. Another crew follows and finishes unscrewing the nuts off the studs, there's usually a whole lot of them

 

[Cruzomatic]

Now a man with nuts that big should surely rule the shop.

 

[Toolfool]

"Where can I get one of those ? by Toolfool"

This is the only nut like this one I have left. Partly because only one would fit in the bin. Anyway because it's the only one I have left it is by nature my left nut. Now like I have said many times there are many things I would give my left nut for. Big vises, blacksmith cones and swage blocks....the list really goes on and on. I really like my left nut but it's certainly available. Ed.

I wouldn't want to leave you nutless.

 

[OccupantRJ]

Given it's not hex, what's the driver for that fastener?

And more importantly, what thread size?

The turbines I worked on had hollow studs holding the cap on. A large soldering iron was inserted into each stud for a specified time to thermally stretch the stud. The nut was then run down onto the stud. The heating devices were removed and as the stud cooled, it shrunk and provided the proper tensioning. We used boiled linseed oil on the mating surfaces as a gasket.

 

[toolman9w]

No problem... At least some people understand the coolness factor.

Sweet nut!
Oh that came out wrong.
Anyway thanks for sharing.