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[–] LazaroFilm@artemis.camp 5 points 1 year ago

I read they’re doing a recall on the left bend one. The right bends are okay tho.

[–] 3arn0wl@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What a remarkable bolt! Can it come and do my place when it's finished?

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, the old... lemmy switcharoo?

I have a new thing that I miss most :(

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Vengefu1Tuna@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Hello from the future! Don't mind me, just following a chain of Lemmy switcheroos.

[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 year ago

Could’ve been a makeshift hook. Or a lock pin/bolt (literally) for one of those simple gate latches.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Ugh, happens to me all the time when I get overconfident trying to hammer in bolts.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ive seen these used sticking out of concrete, the bend acting as the anchor... then the wood is bolted to this.

[–] geekworking@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

J Bolts for concrete don't have a head on them. The bent part is embedded into the concrete and would never be turned. Forming a hex head would be a wasted extra production cost.

[–] fylkenny@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think you can buy similar screws here lol

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

That there is a doodad, not to be confused with a thingamajig.

[–] Technikus5@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Could be similar to DIN875 or DIN878, depending on who you ask https://www.scribd.com/document/81939727/Sonderschrauben-fur-den-Maschinenbau

[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

At my old job we had some of these on the wall for hanging our hardhats.

[–] A_Menace_To_Society@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

These bolts are like this from the factory - I have 4 on my honey extractor, they are used for other situations where you need to bolt one thing perpendicular to each other.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could be useful as an allen 🤔

[–] Axefanatic@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

This is the most likely reason. I made a few of these when a regular Allen/Hex key is needed in a larger size than what you have on hand.