On 11 July 2012 14:03, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:

> The screw I assume was a long stock
> sized allen socket setscrew with the newer, smaller thread cut on the end?

Indeed.

> Having toured the lumber yards and tractor supply locally, that is
> something I'd have to get from amazon or ??

I think I got mine from eBay. I could have bought locally from a
specialist, but it wasn't worth the bother.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/350556322192 for example.

> I expect the maximum
> practical thread into the end of it will be no more than 5mm.  Tensile
> strength of that would be about equ a 4mm rod, not exactly an unbreakable
> item.

I think mine is 8mm and 5mm.
An M5 10.9 screw has a breaking load of around 1 ton.

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