Hair splitting for AnthonyG?

[GB SISSON]

Living a full 15 miles from the Canadian border I can say that Canadians call a couch a Chesterfield, Old Americans call it a davenport and us regular folks call it a couch. My dog calls it a bed.....

 

[Craig CT]

Kind'a sorta like: Why do we drive on a PARKWAY, yet we park on a DRIVEWAY?

DD

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Hi DD; I heard George Carlin use that line in one of his routines years ago, Craig.

 

[MGG]

I was told by a mechanical engineer friend of mine that an engine takes a fuel and produces mechanical power from it while a motor takes one form of power (electrical) and changes it into another form of power (mechanical).

 

[tubman]

Me? I think Mr. Coopman was right a few posts back.

 

[GB SISSON]

But because we are old and bored, we keep looking.....Not a big fan of Wheel of Fortune, but when Jeopardy comes on, it's at least a real quiz. Orcas Island Friday night. Sheesh.

 

[fordor41]

A cap screw has has the same size threads all the way, It becomes a bolt when used with a nut.

8BA heads are held on with cap screws.
If it screws into a threaded hole in a casting it is a cap screw.

If the same fastener is used with a nut it becomes a bolt and nut.
To most mechanics they are all bolts,
Bill

Channel lock is a brand name for tongue and groove pliers like Crescent is a brand name for an adjustable wrench.
Bill

Channel lock "type" pliers

 

[fordor41]

also like "philips" type screwdrivers are the same ,except size. actually real "phllips" tips
are blunt at the very tip. If pointed they are Reed & Prince.

 

[Tinker]

If there is a misunderstanding of what the differences is to a lag bolt and a lag screw.

A bolt usually can be defined by requiring a nut at the end of it. Fixed or integrated. A screw never does.

It's just a confusion of market branding or a public streamlining terms. Now please pass the q-tip, no not the cotton swab.