Unclear On The Concept

[Subdeacon Joe]

Trying to drive lag bolts with a hammer

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[Pat Riot]

Proof that a tool belt doesn’t make the carpenter. 

[Dusty Devil Dale]

12 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

Trying to drive lag bolts with a hammer

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You can drive 'em just fine-- if you don't need them to hold and you don't mind splitting wood.

[Alpo]

Reminds me of something my grandfather said.

 

"Don't call me a carpenter. I'm a cabinet maker. Then damn fool carpenters drive screws with a claw hammer."

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

 

 

 ...... that screw-y bit is just there to help get it out later on ........  

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

4 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

 

 

 ...... that screw-y bit is just there to help get it out later on ........  

 

 ...... that is actually what I was taught, as an apprentice, by linesmen at our local power supply authority .........

 

'Strue

 

[Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485]

Them lag bolts are idiot proof, if you drive them with a hammer its proof you are an idiot.

[Utah Bob #35998]

I believe that’s a carriage bolt, not a lag. Of course you use a hammer. But you need to drill a hole first. 

[Badlands Bob #61228]

If you drill a 1/2" hole in wet pressure treated lumber and want to drive a 1/2" carriage bolt through it, you're going to need to hit the bolt squarely on the head.    

[Eyesa Horg]

9 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

 

 ...... that is actually what I was taught, as an apprentice, by linesmen at our local power supply authority .........

 

'Strue

 

When I worked for the phone company, we had large lags with a nail type starter. They were designed to be put into a pole with a hammer. The threads were a wedge shape, making them able to be hammered in and removed with a wrench.

[Alpo]

1 hour ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:

I believe that’s a carriage bolt, not a lag. Of course you use a hammer. But you need to drill a hole first. 

I think it's a stove bolt.

 

A carriage bolt has a square shank just below the head. The threaded shaft would go through the hole, and the nut tightening down would pull the square shank into the hole, which would prevent the bolt from turning.

 

I don't think you could use a washer on a bolt like that. At least, I've never seen a washer with a square hole. But there's obviously a washer on that bolt he's trying to drive. And a stove bolt has a round shaft all the way up to the head.

 

 

 

[Eyesa Horg]

I was thinking carriage bolt, but the pic is too blurry when enlarged to tell for sure. I've seen people put washers on carriage bolts to keep the head from pulling in too much, it sorta works, just not much of the square bites.

[Grass Range]

It is a carriage bolt and I think a pilot hole has been drilled first

[Sedalia Dave]

Looks to me like his biggest problem is that he didn't bring enough hammer.

 

Few problems cannot be solved with the application of a big enough hammer.

 

[Sedalia Dave]

1 hour ago, Sedalia Dave said:

Looks to me like his biggest problem is that he didn't bring enough hammer.

 

Few problems cannot be solved with the application of a big enough hammer.

 

 

Forgot to add that his technique and most especially his aim needs a lot of improvement

[watab kid]

me too ????just whats wrong with an impact wrench ?????????