How To Get Bolts Through Openings

How To Get Bolts Through Openings FARM SHOP Handy Hints 34-1-37 Roger Gutschmidt, Gackle, N. Dak.: He uses a simple trick to get bolts through openings where you can't get your fingers inside. He wraps a piece of .035 welding wire tightly around a 5/16-in. bolt. "I wanted it to fit a 3/8-in. bolt, but you have to go one size smaller than the size you need to keep the wire tightly wrapped. Then you just thread it on the bolt and, viola, you have a fishing tool that makes it easy to pull the wire and bolt through a hole. Afterward, you can turn the wire off when you're done putting the bolt in place." "I've found endless uses for rare earth magnets around the shop. I have steel walls and cabinets in my shop so I've got these little magnets stuck all over the place, holding parts, manuals, etc. They're so unbelievably strong that if two were stuck to each other, you wouldn't be able to get them apart without a pliers. "I have them attached to my shop press for holding accessories that I use daily. I also use them to hold hitch pins on my tractors when they're not in the drawbar. I use magnets in too many places to list them all. "My good friend, Jon æSparky' Anderson, who recently died in an automobile accident, originally told me about the Amazing Magnets website (Amazing Magnets.com). He had a fascination with magnets, too. You can get nearly any shape and size of these rare earth magnets."

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