It’s a strange and wondrous thing to make your own screws. Okay, I’m being imprecise—I don’t mean screws, specifically, but threaded fasteners. But I do really mean make them—start from metal stock ...

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Thread taps are an essential part of any mechanic’s toolbox-- mostly because, well, you will ruin some threads. Or, as is the case for YouTube user This Old Tony, you’re fabricating parts from scratch ...

Fasteners--nuts and bolts. You can never find the size and grade you need at the auto store, and you can't fire stripped ones out of a blunderbuss into your neighbor's golden plastic yard orb. You can ...