Bolts

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Challenges

Fastening two or more parts together sometimes requires special tools, electricity or compressed air, sometimes damages the parts themselves, and sometimes cannot be undone.

Fastening two or more parts together should be quick, easy, produce a strong joint, and be a fully reversible process.

Approaches

Parts

8mm frame

  • M3xXX, M3xYY, M3xZZ bolts

38.1mm / 40mm frame

  • M8x50, M8x90, M8x130 bolts

100mm frame

  • M25xXX, M25xYY, M25xZZ bolts

Life cycle

Degenerative transformation

Long bolts can be cut to form shorter bolts.

Last use

Stripped, bent, or abraded bolts degrade to abrasive pellets for ball mills.

References