It’s not much of a stretch to say that without nuts and bolts, the world would fall apart. Bolted connections are everywhere, from the frame of your DIY 3D printer to the lug nuts holding the ...

No matter how careful you are when you reinstall old rusty nuts and bolts, someday you’re going to strip some threads. Of ...

Some torque wrenches can tighten a nut or bolt all the way up to 300-ft.lbs or more, whereas others are only rated up to 150-ft.lbs or 250-ft.lbs, for example. You can get them in the same drive ...

The philosopher of science Daniel Dennett once lamented that his peers didn’t take engineering seriously enough. “There are excellent philosophers of physics, philosophers of biology ...

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And as usual, he couldn't resist an opportunity for self-awareness. "All the nuts and bolts are tightened, right?" he shouted across the press box as he ascended the ladder. "Yeah, well ...

The SR-71 Mach 3 spy plane is built of titanium, with titanium nuts and bolts. The sockets also have to be made from titanium, because the nickel in standard sockets corrodes the titanium bolts.

From rusted nuts and bolts to pieces that once slipped smoothly together, there isn’t much a torch can’t fix. There are, unfortunately, a lot of things a torch can burn to a crisp. Trying to ...

[Amon] built an induction heater to break stuck bolts loose. If you work on cars, machines, or anything big and metal, sooner or later you’re going to run into stuck nuts and bolts. Getting them ...