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DaveyTree

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Re: 1/4" bolts and hangers
« Reply #30 on: August 18, 2019, 09:20:49 pm »
I am not sure the make. It uses press fit bits that you knock out with a small wedge. I took a pic and will email it to you John since I can never post pics from my phone.

Interesting about those bent shaft. I was hoping they went in as easy as the split shank. I did find some SS split shank online back when this post was originally posted but you could only order them in lots of like a thousand or more. If I ever get some I would hit you up for some of those SS 1/4” hangers.

If I am going to use non SS split shanks then I wouldn’t want SS hangers. Do you have a connect for non SS 1/4” hangers?

daniel banquo merrick

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Re: 1/4" bolts and hangers
« Reply #31 on: August 21, 2019, 07:48:53 am »
Before using any new anchor types please do some testing. I can help and have load cells, hydraulic pullers, etc. Things do not always function as expected.

I suspect that stainless that steel split shanks do not exist and the stainless bent shanks are too weak in pull-out because the common stainless (304 or 316) are not hardenable. Maximum hardness for 316 is about Rockwell B90 which is below and off of the Rockwell C scale (Rockwell C <0).
They do work-harden a little bit but can not be heat treated to harden. Even if you do work harden them, they are very soft compared to the carbon steel split shanks and bent shanks.

There are stainless steels that can be as hard as carbon steel but they are expensive and difficult to harden - the kind of stuff that knives are made of. Making anchors out of this stuff would probably be pretty expensive. I have never met a home knife craftsman who makes knives out of stainless because the heat treating is challenging.

The only affordable stainless that is easy to heat harden that I know of is 17-4. This is what BD makes hammerheads out of. I have made some hammers with it but don't like the result because the material cannot be made hard enough. To harden it you bring it up to a certain temperature for a certain amount of time in a process known as precipitation hardening. Maximum hardness is about Rockwell C40. I like my hammers about Rockwell C50. Carbon steel button heads are probably something like C60.

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Re: 1/4" bolts and hangers
« Reply #32 on: August 21, 2019, 07:29:46 pm »


Here is Mark Haymonds well-used hand drill from DaveyTree

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Re: 1/4" bolts and hangers
« Reply #33 on: August 25, 2019, 06:50:16 am »
Tks John.

Not sure how long Mark had this particular one but it has seen some pounding

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Re: 1/4" bolts and hangers
« Reply #34 on: August 26, 2019, 03:13:22 pm »
I gave all my old bolting stuff and nicopress tool for copper heading to Mucci. lars