[TheForge] Big J-bolt

Sun Aug 17 01:22:00 2003

found them...Thanks all

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed F <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, August 16, 2003 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Big J-bolt


>Try steel building dealers, they use them to fasten the columns to the
>concrete pier.  Machine shops usually custom make them like others
>suggested.
>
>But if that's the kind of thing you plan to do with it, just use threaded
>rod with a standard nut on the end embedded in the concrete.  The American
>Concrete Institute says the J bolts fail by the tail straightening out.
>Some engineers still use big plate washers instead, but they create a
>failure plane in the concrete.  Just the nut is the strongest.
>
>Ed
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "irontree" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:41 PM
>Subject: [TheForge] Big J-bolt
>
>
>> Hey All,
>>      I need to find a big J-bolt and nobody seems to have  one.
>>
>> 3/4 " dia, at least 12 inches of thread,  and about 2 inches of shank
>before
>> the bend?
>>
>> suggestions?  I've called Fleet Farm (farm gates..), Grainger, bolts
>> unlimited,...
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
>>
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