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Re: Rules Question - Play it safe
Posted by Raul at 2/1/2001 1:06 PM EST


Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Rolling Meadows & Wheeling HS and Motorola.


In Reply to: Rules Question
Posted by Patrick Dingle on 2/1/2001 9:14 AM EST:



Patrick,

Regardless of what anyone says on this forum, I suggest that you play it safe and buy a shoulder bolt from Small Parts. They have many good size bolts for under $2. If later, you get a beneficial ruling, you can deduct the $2 from your official SP list.

Here is what (I think) I know:

There have been a lot of questions about this in past years and the interpretation was usualy that it could be used as a link pin but not as a shaft.

If my failing memory serves me (and I'm asking for help from some of the other veterans), the quote was something like: " if the object being held by the bolt rotates more than 360 degrees then it is not considered a fastener and therefore must come from Small Parts." ISo a wheel on a bolt would make the bolt a shaft, not a fastener. If on the other hand it holds something like a 4-bar linkage that does not make a complete rotation, then it is still considered a fastener.

Raul



: I couldn't seem to get the answer from FIRST, so I figured I'd ask and see if anyone knows here...

: Is it allowed to use bolts in a way such that they act as a shaft? An example of this would be at joints and such.

: Thanks
: Patrick
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