swflaboatman Loc: Fort Myers, FL

Yes.. I saw something very similar to this online. I liked it and thought I would give it a try.

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Quixdraw Loc: x

Ah, but some of the subjects bolted! ;-) Well done, BTW!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Nice, I once saw something similar where they were arranged in "blocks" and "streets". Sort of "Hardware City".

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Very nicely done.
--Bob

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

I like it!

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

Nice collection. I was quality control manager in the aerospace industry. We did not make nuts and bolts. We made precision fasteners. Some that went into our space craft. Cost the US $20 a peace. Now you know why those things cost millions. When you see the stages come apart its the explosive bolts that make that happen.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I once saw an article about an Airman who many years before had earned some kind of special award/bonus. Seems he worked on the F-101 Voodoo. The entire tail assembly slides off to let them get to the twin engines to either work on them or swap them out. The article said it is held on by only two bolts. Those two bolts had a very strict spec requirement and every time that tail assembly came off they were replaced.
If I flew one of those I would want those bolts to be really good also. Having the tail assembly part ways in mid air would be very high on my "don't want it" list.
As a result the bolts were very expensive (the article said $100 each at current inflation rates in the early 90's) and they had test gear to use to check the specs before using one - and still about 10% failed and got given to other mechanics for use on ground vehicles etc., the used ones they replaced also got used for other stuff.
So this airman noticed the manufacturers mark and realized he bought bolts by the same company at the hardware store for a home project. So he went in and at 35¢ each he bought 100 bolt and nut sets, took them to the base and ran them through the test process - 70% of them passed. His award was for saving the AF a few tons of money after someone higher up authorized the "alternate sourcing" since the original contract had run out.
The 35¢ each was also about half what the AF had been paying for the same size bolts for lower spec needs.
Of course no one would price gouge the tax payers for something, would they???

tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

Nice, looks like a skyline on a waterfront.
What a great start to a "thread"..

PRETENDER Loc: Micanopy,Florida

Robert I think right to gouge is probably somewhere in our Constitution if you got enough lawyers.

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Very nicely done!

Dan Thornton Loc: Corpus Christi, Texas

Great idea, I like it.

randave2001 Loc: Richmond

Well done!

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

As if there aren’t enough ways to get. . .

merrytexan Loc: georgia

clever and creative idea...i love it!

JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois

It is an interesting shot.