Mountain10mm;
Top of the morning to you sir, I trust the first day of March in your section of Colorado is behaving and you're well.
Thanks for giving us the math and engineering answer, I appreciate it. One of the cool things about the 'Fire is the breadth of experience and knowledge we've got here.
As I've admitted numerous times I'm not certified in anything - well that's been kept current for sure - and as mentioned my answer was coming from a background of repeated machinery abuse.
It's interesting when you mentioned the threads as I can't recall ever seeing a bolt shear off anywhere other than in the threads. Makes sense though I suppose?
My layman's take on the shear pins is that they're likely made of soft and tough enough material to bend and not shear in most cases.
I know we've bent a few pins and bolts playing silly games and hoping not to win silly prizes, but there's been some instances where bolts sheared too, though for the life of me I can't recall exactly what happened to cause it or the size of the bolts. Sorry that detail is gone.
Thanks again though, its interesting to see the numbers.
Dwayne
