I have a question for the smartest people on the internet.

[Ohio Dem]

My brother paid a visit today and asked me a question. He, for the life of him, couldn't think of a word, and I wasn't able to help. I googled it, but I couldn't find the answer.

A carriage bolt requires a square hole in the wood, metal, or whatever. What is the name of the process that produces that square hole?

I'm cross posting this in the Lounge.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. In metal it would be punched. In wood, ya just tighten up the bolt and it will make it's own square

[JoeyT]

2. If I remember right,

"setting" is what it's usually called for wood.

Edited to add: Which is an awfully fancy name for a process that's best described as "Smack it with something until it stops turning".

[ret5hd]

3. maybe the word you are looking for is "broaching" or "broached"...

but in sheet metal it would probably just be punched.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broaching_(metalworking)

[Ohio Dem]

7. Yep, that was the word he was looking for.

Thanks.

[Adsos Letter]

5. That would be the "Cooking & Baking" Group.

I think...

[Kolesar]

6. Mortiser, but it may not be a perfect fit

Poster 1 is correct that you don't need it in wood: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1158529#post1

I had bad luck forcing carriage bolts into a thick aluminum sheet. I would tighten the 1/4-20 nut, then break off the bolt. I had to redrill the hole a few times, and progressively larger, until the square shaft was just barely an "interference fit" in the hole.

Fun read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortiser

[anderson26]

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