<VV> Screws nuts and and assorted crazies!

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So take that Clarkster! You are screwed...or is it bolted...!!
The Crossthreaded Lone Haranguer

---- "corvairduval at cox.net" <corvairduval at cox.net> wrote: 
> So a 4-40 x 1/4" machine screw used with a nut is a  BOLT????
> 
> A flat head head is held on with SCREWS?
> 
> Hey, what is the torque for a head SCREW?
> 
> Get a grip. What does the application have to do with the terminology of
> the fastener? 
> 
> Get a copy of Machinery's Handbook, or use the variable terminology of
> McMaster Carr, MSC, etc. Even they can't agree on terms, but they are
> closer than using the application!
> 
> Frank DuVal
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Clark Hartzel chartzel at comcast.net
> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:29:25 -0400
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Screws and bolts
> 
> I have always called them screws if they go in a blind hole with no nut.
> If they go thru and have a nut on the other end they are bolts.
> What is your theory Smitty, my handsome friend?
> Clark Hartzel