>...I did find a short >informative article at a tractor site! It's called > <A HREF="http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/articles/artint222.htm"> >Yesterday's Tractors - Fasteners: The Nuts and Bolts of Nuts and Bolts... >Bob Bob, List, What a terrific link! What I found particularly interesting was the word, capscrew, and its definition: "... Put mildly a bolt is a metal rod that has a head at one end and a screw thread at the other. The bolt is passed through the parts to be joined then the nut is installed and drawn up thus holding the parts together. A capscrew is, basically, a bolt without a nut. In other words it screws into a prethreaded mating part like an engine block or similar casting. Capscrews might hold an accessory like a water pump to the engine block while a bolt and nut can be used for holding an alternator to the adjusting plate. They are both fasteners..." Keith McGavern Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA
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