It’s not much of a stretch to say that without nuts and bolts, the world would fall apart. Bolted connections are everywhere, from the frame of your DIY 3D printer to the lug nuts holding the ...

A SINGLE missing or faulty bolt - known in aviation as the "Jesus nut" - may have triggered the catastrophic Hudson River chopper crash, an expert has warned. Aviation analyst Julian Bray ...

The SR-71 Mach 3 spy plane is built of titanium, with titanium nuts and bolts. The sockets also have to be made from titanium, because the nickel in standard sockets corrodes the titanium bolts.

The fact that all U. S. bolts, nuts & rivets are now made in standard sizes is one of the triumphs of Herbert Clark Hoover’s career. One of his great doctrines as Secretary of Commerce was that U.