thorfinn Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 I have been trying to figure out what is grade 2, grade 5, grade 8? Just Rambling... I have always been interested in bending so, this week I went out and bought some Home Depot 6", 5.5", 5" 1/4" bolts and bent them all easily but, I have since measured them and they are all 3/16". The 60D (truly 1/4") I bought from HD is only slightly kinked and the 8 twist TT I bought I have bent to 90degrees but, could not finish. I was not all that serious about bending the TT though. My 2yr old kept asking me to play bball with him:-) So, now I have caught the bug and went to another hardware shop and bought some of their 60d nails. I measured them and they are only 3/16" x 6". I can bend these fairly easyily. I bough some 5" 1/4" bolts and these are going to be tough cause they measured 1/4" thick. Nothing feels as intimidating as the HD 60d nail though. I'll keep bending in volume to develop tech and condition the hands before I get smoking on the TTs. My goal is to bend a 60d in about 1-2 months. Just posting some newbie observations. -Keith- Quote
Octogen Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 The graded bolts are rated for their loading capacity by the manufacturers so that people know which bolts to use for holding stuff together. Grade 2s are the "easy" bolts (but not so easy most people bend them without training) Grade 5s are pretty tough and the 8s area real feat of strength. if you do a search you should find a more in depth discussion on this including how to recognise your enemy! Quote Don Stevenson Sydney, Australia
Adam Black Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 including how to recognise your enemy! Previous thread on markings Quote
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