Just about every vehicle is held together using a lot of small components, including bolts. What exactly is a torque-to-yield ...

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 wheels ...

When hot rodders build a street machine or street rod, countless hours are expended selecting the proper major components, building the drivetrain, detailing the chassis, choosing the right tires and ...

Bolts, nuts, and washers: They hold your ride together. But how well are they doing their job? Hopefully, you've read Part 1, which covered engine and driveline fasteners primarily subjected to ...

West Special Fasteners began in 1999 when its current CEO, James Hawkins, decided with a group of colleagues to leave their ...

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, philosophers of ...

Few fasteners can beat threaded ceramics nuts and bolts when it comes to withstanding heat, pressure, and corrosive environments. Just don't torque them too tight. Back in the late 1980s, I had my ...

Rusty nuts and bolts, discarded links of sturdy metal chains – where most people see junk, Ray Egger sees art. His projects started with wood scraps. When he retired after more than three decades as ...