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 ...

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 ...

Preston's gaming journey started out on the GameBoy Advance with games such as Kirby, Final Fantasy, and Pokemon. He is now a UCLA graduate that has a degree in Communications and Minor in Theater.

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

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 ...

There are a lot of rules worth following in the world of tools, one of those being the three-thread rule for bolts and nuts. What does it actually mean?

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 ...

If you're pondering over a gift to give a chess-loving, mechanically minded friend this holiday season, you could do worse than a chess set made of nuts, bolts, and washers. Julia Suits, a tinkerer ...