Head Bolt, Stud Torque Tech Tip - Importance of a proper washer - Interesting

gzig5 said

You may not want to keep betting. I had to sell two South Bend 10L lathes, a Sheldon horizontal, and an EMCO vertical lathe (among other stuff) to make room in the garage for my Cuda. But, I'm still sitting on four lathes and 3 1/2 milling machines. OK, two of the lathes are little desktop jobs and two of the mills are counting the mill head attachments on the EMCO lathes, but they still count. :D
Part of my machining hobby is rebuilding and scraping the ways on the machines. Keeps me out of the bars in the evenings.

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LOL! That is good stuff. So do you do this for other shops, or do you just restore and turn stuff around and resell it?

And yes on the paint.... I looked at your pix and the indentation looks the same, just that the washers' anodizing got transferred to the head on the upper ones. Obvioulsy, the AL material is getting a bit brinnelled or maybe even crushed. Looks like the washers were not there, or maybe like the original article here, the washers spun some with the bolts/nuts. I guess you get to try sanding the bottom sides down and not lubing them, like the article recommended.

Thanks for sharing the info.