Whoops, Don't know My Own Strength...

[CaptNemo]

I have a bad habit of breaking fasteners, pins and other parts while working on various "stuff"


Bullwinkle's Hat Trick 3

Yeah, it became a verb: "Bullwinkle"-ing something and turning it FUBAR.

Well, this afternoon I achieved a new level of "Bullwinkle"-ness.

https://imgur.com/HkKVrjM

https://imgur.com/NLQhBxr

This is a new type of structural failure for me...

 

[Bill Gruby]

That is first to me. I've seen the heads shear off completely but never that.

"Billy G"

 

[CaptNemo]

PM 932 machine.
I was working on shimming the column to square it to the table when I heard “clink” and the hex fell out of the socket.

https://imgur.com/HkKVrjM

https://imgur.com/NLQhBxr

Not the typical fashion in which I FUBAR a fastener...

 

[34_40]

UM..... WOW!
I don't think I've ever seen a bolt break like that.

 

[34_40]

You started 2 threads? No pun intended...

 

[francist]

Must be from the same place Steve Summers got the bolt with the void in the centre of the shank. He discovered it only when he was turning the stock down in the lathe. Inspires much confidence....

-frank

 

[magicniner]

Stick it back on with sawdust and paint, it's what the Chinese "engineers" do ;-)

 

[tertiaryjim]

Don't forget the Yak hair.

 

[woodchucker]

Looking at that failure, it looks like 2 pours of metal. one cooled off slightly.. I have never seen that.
Totally bizarre.

 

[markba633csi]

Very low grade butter bolts- replace 'em all