VEXpro 2015 Product line launch

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Mr V

Yup we will just have to switch to 1/4-20, if our coach decides to buy some. The bolt all the way through isn't practical for a lot of our applications, we would need to stock a number of different fairly long lengths. The other issue is that I like having the "other" end of the shaft retained which would not happen with a through bolt.

For stand offs where we do run a through bolt it will be convient but in many of those applications we still did the tap both ends for #10 so that one side, again so that one side will be retained when doing repairs.

I'm not against the hole in the middle, in fact I think it is great as it will help teams that don't have a lathe. I'd just prefer that it was sized to tap for #10 or for a #10 thread forming bolt, since that is what we use everywhere and we haven't used 1/4-20 in a while.

I'm Mr #10. It's my favorite fastener, and we've used it forever.

That being said, the more COTS teams are in 1/4-20 land. This makes sense.

Being Mr #10, I'm STOKED about the hole as we'd never use a bolt to retain the items on a shaft... but these will make great heavy duty standoffs with the hole already drilled.

ThunderHex is my favorite new product, and I think they did it perfectly. Now time for 3/8" thunderhex next year