Quote Originally Posted by Jon View Post
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Do we still make enormous nuts and bolts like this? Or were these beauties completely replaced by multi-jackbolt tensioners, like these?
Large nuts like that are still common on industrial machinery. Think injection molding presses as one example. Having changed more than a few tie bars in my early years I really have little desire to work with such large nuts any more. It is amazing how old age impacts your desires and work interests.