Oh Bill:
That's in a perfect world where the thread size is optimum for the material and the material is as strong as the screw!! Unless that is some super alloy, neither is the case here!
Curt
Hi Curt,
What are you saying here? As far as the *strength* of the *bolt*, itself, I have always been told by machinists, engine builders, and all, that the maximum strength of the bolt is reached at that point.
I was not referring to the strength of the joint that is created.
Have I been misinformed all these years? (this even goes into racing engines when I was doing that.
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