justlooking
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- Dec 21, 2019
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I’m pretty embarrassed to post this, but going to swallow my pride in the name of safety. Please don’t rake me over the coals too bad, I made a mistake while trying to cut down LW sticks and I’m beating myself up enough. I’m hoping some guys who have more experience with metal working can weigh in on the safety.
If you’re familiar with lone wolf sticks you know how the single steps require two holes in the post, one for the step itself and one for the smaller bolt which stops the step from rotating any further. Well, despite my best efforts to be exact, I messed up the spacing between the two holes. To compensate, I drilled a bigger hole for the step bolt. Now that bolt has a bit of play in it. When stepping on it (1’ off the ground) I can feel it kind of settle. I pulled it back out and no plastic deformation, But I’m concerned about the long term affects. Any thoughts? Go easy on me guys... haha thanks for any inputs.
If you’re familiar with lone wolf sticks you know how the single steps require two holes in the post, one for the step itself and one for the smaller bolt which stops the step from rotating any further. Well, despite my best efforts to be exact, I messed up the spacing between the two holes. To compensate, I drilled a bigger hole for the step bolt. Now that bolt has a bit of play in it. When stepping on it (1’ off the ground) I can feel it kind of settle. I pulled it back out and no plastic deformation, But I’m concerned about the long term affects. Any thoughts? Go easy on me guys... haha thanks for any inputs.