Astroman Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Anyone know a good book for fastener sizes and dimensions in Australia? Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevsmith Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Precision-Reference-Drawing-Toolroom-Workshop/dp/B0000CLZUO The uk's top selling machinist book. Im sure its acceptable for oz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS_Port Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Astroman, Fasteners mate is a pretty broad topic... what are you fixing to; steel, wood, masonry, concrete, hollow masonry..? what is the critical force, tension or shear...? Anyway those questions aside below is some general info. Since you're from oz, you would have heard of Ramset dynabolts, pretty standard stuff..good for shear, but tru-bolts are better for tension. Ramset chemsets are for when the contractor doesn't have a hope of casting the bolts in the right spot, or maybe it's existing concrete. Good site plenty of info... http://www.ramset.com.au/ Hilti make a range of alternatives to ramset, but their `hit' system of hollow block fasteners are pretty cool... http://www.hilti.com.au/ Then there is the german 'Wurth' make a hi-tensile beyond the 8.8 grade, but I haven't seen a visible impact in the market yet. but still worth a look. http://www.wurth.com.au/construction.asp maybe your just after the generic designation and sizes of bolts, like the M12-M24 4.6/s or 8.8/tb sort of stuff which is more up the alley of the Australian standards but the Australian Institute of Steel Construction might help find what your after. http://www.aisc.org/ Another good resource is http://www.steel.org.au/ A quick google turned up these.. http://www.ajaxfast.com.au/index.asp?d=5A4C5A717251477C70080F0B0302 http://www.kjbolt.com.au/technical_info_02.html Let me know what you are after, I know I didn't recommend a book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroman Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 Stevsmith: - Thanks for the link to the book, looks like a simple to use guide that could fit in the toolbox with no problems. Will see if I can find someone selling here in OZ. PS_Port:- re: Not recommending a book... Thats okay the links you have provided are quite handy, will go over them and see what I can come up with. I am new to the design game and I agree the term "fasteners" is a broad area. What I was after was the Metric bolt dimensions for bolts such as M10, M24 etc... I understand there are several different types whittworth etc... ? A list of imperial bolts would be handy also. Mainly after anything for Metal and Wood fixing. PS. I am not an engineer by a long shot, but learning a great deal from this website and others around me, it's a fun challenge to push ones mind further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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