This Awesome Free Tool Helps REPLACE LOST BOLTS AND NUTS!
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Have you lost a BOLT, NUT or MACHINE SCREW around the house? This video from The Honest Carpenter will show you how to easily find a replacement using this FREE TOOL in hardware stores!
A THREAD CHECKER is a gauge tool that helps determine engineering details about nuts and bolts and machine screws. It's also called a NUT AND BOLT CHECKER, and a THREAD GAUGE.
The THREAD CHECKER acts as a patterned guide for testing various fasteners on it's nodes and receptacles.
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THREAD CHECKER HOW-TO:
1) If possible, bring in a bolt or nut identical to the one that you're missing. It may be another one that comes from the same piece of furniture or equipment.
2) Try turning the bolt into the threaded nut receptacles on the thread checker. If it's a nut, try turning it onto the standing bolt nodes.
3) Don't twist too hard! The fastener should spin down easily without deforming the metal threads.
4)When you have a match, take note of the little numbers below the receptacle.
5) The first number is diameter--measured in either inch fractions, standard gauge numbers, or metric.
6) The second number is Threads Per Inch (for Standard) or Thread Pitch (for metric.
7) Find the nearby fastener bin that displays numbers in the ranges that you need. Match the number from the Thread Checker with the number on the container.
8) Also measure for length! You can either do this by eye, holding your fastener up to others, or use the ruler on the Thread Checker.
WHAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A FASTENER TO MATCH WITH?
--Consider bringing in the entire piece of equipment that lost the fastener (if it is small enough to carry). You can try threading fasteners into it on the hardware aisle.
--Or, get a variety of fasteners that you think might work, bring them home and test them. You can return ones that don't fit.
SCREWS VS. MACHINE SCREWS:
--Just remember that this thread checker works for bolts, nuts and MACHINE SCREWS!
--Machine screws are not the same as normal screws. This is why:
--Normal screws have a sharp, pointed tip--they can be driven into a material or surface using force.
--Bolts, nuts and machine screws need a counterpart to work.
--So, machine screws have a blunt tip, and work more like bolts.
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As a 65 year old woman loving my own construction work. I thank you kindly for your much needed information. May you receive countless blessings for helping an up to date old lady. Thank you kindly
I have seen the thread checkers in a number of stores and you are right, they are a big help. This was a great tutorial and I appreciate you posting it.
Thank you very much for your good videos, you explain very good
Thank you so much. I'm female and trying to "learn" about nuts, bolts, screws. You mentioning thread count, thread pitch, diameter. These are things I am looking to learn!
Thank you! Thank you! Just had this experience last week! The lady at Home Depot gave me the short version of your expertise! This was more thorough but thank goodness for the Home Depot lady!!
Just wanted to say thank you for these straightforward videos. I am using them in my introductory metals class, which saves me a ton of time. I do not assign or even recommend outside videos lightly for so many UA-camrs in this area are too flashy and to time-consuming always going off on tangents. You do a good job, thanks. The teacher.
Just got a Job at Ace Hardware and helping ppl find screws can seem daunting. Especially since I'm not a handyman of any kind. Trying to learn so I can be a better emplotee
thanks. I had no idea what to do - was getting ready to epoxy the hole over and drill a new one - LOL. This is MUCH better.
I work at a Home Depot and one of many things that amazes me about HD shoppers is the vast number of them who totally ignore that tool, and the sign pointing the way to the restrooms.
Our thread checker suffers from the other dummies who decide to force their fastener into the device, destroying the threads and rendering the checker useless.
Exactly. That's why I carry an additional thread gauge tool in my vest. That seems to work better anyways.
So very helpful
Thanks
Bob
I appreciate the information, did not realize how much I did not know!
I work at a hardware store. Sometimes folks bring in bolts that are in-between two different sizes. The thread gauge tool has been used so much that I think some sizes don't work anymore or manufacturers are making "some other, unknown spec"
I had no idea. Didn't use to need this. Now I might.
Thanks for making the video, saves me the worry about buying one of every bolt in the hardware store just to fit a thermostat and housing. 👍
One tip if you can't take the item with the missing fastener with you, take a couple of photos of the hole, nut or bolt the missing fastener attached to, with a clearly marked ruler next to it. Then you have a good visual aid in the hardware aisle.
Another way is to buy a cheap digital caliper. You can easily measure diameters of holes or bolts. You can also measure the distance between the peaks of the thread. Write all the info down and take your calipers with you to the hardware store.
One note, if you are taking your own tools into a store, mark them with your name or initials, this can save an awkward conversation with a member of staff.
Good call, @Maxx B!! Thanks for the extra tips 🙂
This was so helpful. Thank you!
I have used it before , but I never knew how to "REALLY " use it . thank you so much
You’re welcome Catherine! I’m glad it helped 🙂
Very clear explanation, thank you!
I've always wondered why "lag bolts" are not called "lag screws" because they have a pointed end like a screw. Any ideas?
Thanks bro this really helped.
Nicely done. Ask this old House just had an episode like this.
Thanks Paul! I didn’t know they had, I might have picked another topic 😅
@@TheHonestCarpenter two great resources you and ATOH.👍
My wife got one for me for Christmas:)
What a great idea, I wish we had these in the UK.
Thanks tony! Call your hardware store and tell them to put in an order 😁
We need this in the uk I have never seen one
Excellent information.
Thanks Kevin!
machine crews are awesome
This is helpful. However, I've started buying variety packs of various fasteners. That way I can save the trip to store. It is more expensive up front, but being able to find the size I'm looking for without needing to run to the store really speeds up projects.
That’s a really good idea Josh. In the end, accumulating a bountiful collection of random fasteners in jars is the best solution 😆
@@TheHonestCarpenter I especially like the assorted packs that come in clear plastic containers with compartments. That makes it easier to find what you need and keep things organized. I'm not sure how useful that would be for a tradesman, but for a homeowner with occasional projects, it works out well.
For example: www.homedepot.com/p/TradesPro-Zinc-Metric-Nut-and-Bolt-Assortment-240-Piece-836344/204505318
Thank you so much. What if I have no bolts I can brings to the store?
Salam,
Hope you are doing well, actually I was wondering if you make a short video on "Self Driving Screw" that you can screw directly into metal without predrille... 🤔
Bro, you rock!
Hi. I just moved and all of the screws for my patio furniture are gone. I wanted to get replacements for them and assemble the set.
How would I be able to get screws to fit?
can I buy one of those things for myself to have at home/shop ?
Great idea unless the threads or on a large item, like my old Willys. Still testing bolts. Ha
What I think would be cool is making your own, just buy one of each and weld one together, you should make it!
Where can you go to source bolts, nuts, fasteners, you want to buy in bulk?
Where can you buy these?
I have a set feller gages of standard and metric in a small pouch that I identify any nut or bolt.
Those loose ones are great Peter. If you with on anything automotive they’re indispensable
Where did you get them? I could use a set .
@@miriamvivo4279 go too Gates belt and fittings website
Is there any material one can make a mold out of the socket to find the size after it dries?
I am trying to replace screws in a table that I bought second hand. I don't have any screws that fit the holes I need to get the table put together. And obviously I can't hold a whole table up to these samples. Any advice?
so im looking for a bolt that goes onto a car and had no luck... obviously i cant take a car part in to try out the screws cuz it will be too big. how should i find my bolts?
What size nut go on a 14mm bolt
They must be radioactive or made from some hazardous chemicals because no one would ship me one to Hawaii. Sure I could go to Home Depot every time I needed to id a nut or bolt but that would be a little inconvenient.
2nd to comment. Thanks
Thanks Desert Dogg!
Use a magnet to see if your hardware is SS.
and a LAG BOLT has a point and does not have a mate, so it should be called a screw IMO
Ya but I can’t bring a whole transmission into home depo.
"Hardware Attendant"? Must be a different Home Depot than the one near me.
I was just going to say this. Really though, there are actually Hardware Aisle employees -- you'll usually find them in a group of 3 or more employees near the bathroom or the paint area, discussing how much the manager sucks or what the peak time is so they can take lunch. Don't interrupt them though, otherwise you'll get the stink eye AND the attitude.
I can usually wrangle one when I really need to 😄
I can usually wrangle one when I really need to 😄
I can usually wrangle one when I really need to 😄
Blessings, John 3:16. Jesus loves you.
You mean it's free to use, not free to own...unless you steal it.
Having baggy pants helps with this...
Great information mate! Well explained.
For the 12 people that disliked all I can say is that are probably having trouble getting their heads around a claw hammer....
Why in the HELL was I unsubscribed. I think you must’ve been to controversial lately