Correct bolts for fixing steel plate to railway sleeper???

[Rocketman]

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http://www.unibond.co.uk/en/diy-adhesives/no-more-nails/no-more-nails-original.html

 

[mr migwire]

quick update about the chair bolts, just to say I haven't forgotten just been busy so will get a few tomorrow and post some pics / measurements.

 

[langy]

It's that little flange below the head which drew my eye. I reckon that type would be quite sexy for things like bolting machinery/vices down, and wouldn't suffer from the corners possibly digging into a washer like the square head coach screws can on occasion.

All bolts have that.

 

[MattF]

quick update about the chair bolts, just to say I haven't forgotten just been busy so will get a few tomorrow and post some pics / measurements.

Cheers.

 

[mr migwire]

as promised, they are pretty sturdy made screws and may require a pilot hole

 

[eSCHEn]

as promised, they are pretty sturdy made screws and may require a pilot hole View attachment 60583

That photo is bizarre mate. Looks like you're really high up above the track and holding the bolt in front of you.

 

[mr migwire]

1that's a real railway track mate the bolt and measuring tape are actually 100 feet long.....

 

[eSCHEn]

1that's a real railway track mate the bolt and measuring tape are actually 100 feet long.....

Stop it man, you're making the flashbacks start again ARGHHHH!

 

[MattF]

By eck, those are screws and then some. Are those around 3/4" - 1" in diameter? Love the artistic touch with the track in the background.

 

[eSCHEn]

They're total whoppers, I've got some 10mm four inch ones kicking about and they look like those ones' bairns!

 

[MattF]

You'd definitely know nowt was going to shift when those went in.

 

[eSCHEn]

It's the kind of engineering I strive for

 

[mr migwire]

1" dia x 6 1/2" long from tip to seat. there not the lightest of things either. I used four of them to hold up a twin aspect colour light signal which is made of cast and mounted on top of an 8 foot 8"dia pole. they tie it in to two sleepers which run parallel under the edge of the track and are tied in with a four hole bridge chair.

 

[Robotstar5]

What make is the loco?.

 

[mr migwire]

What make is the loco?.

hunslet 040 diesel hydraulic mate.

 

[MattF]

1" dia x 6 1/2" long from tip to seat. there not the lightest of things either.

I've checked just about everything here, and those are way too manly for any of the holes I have. Those look so impressive though, I'm wracking my brain trying to think of possible uses I might find for some.

 

[eSCHEn]

I've checked just about everything here, and those are way too manly for any of the holes I have. Those look so impressive though, I'm wracking my brain trying to think of possible uses I might find for some.

That just means you need to buy a bigger vice and mount it on a sleeper. Totally justified in getting another one then

 

[mr migwire]

he should have bought that monster one in the wheel barrow eSCHEn...

 

[eSCHEn]

he should have bought that monster one in the wheel barrow eSCHEn...

Which one was that Mr Migwire? Missed it...

 

[mr migwire]

Which one was that Mr Migwire? Missed it...

This is the photo of it at the new owners. Should be fairly easy to gauge the size of it from the other bits in the photo. I suggested a builders mug for scale, but you know what these Southerners are like with their poncy chinaware. Mugs are just too 'common'.

this one mate, its ****** HUGE....