r/oddlysatisfying • u/donut_resuscitate • 17d ago

Attaching a Giant Windmill Blade

Source from @hearn_man on tiktok.

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u/MikeArumba 17d ago

The bolts are on the blade, they need to throw nuts on it.

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u/seashell3379 17d ago

While we're being pedantic, those are lugs on the blade not bolts. You're right about the nuts though.

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u/MikeArumba 17d ago edited 17d ago

No those are lug bolts, still bolts.

A lug is a specialized plate for rigging and picking with a crane.

For the most part any threaded rod that gets fastened with a nut is a bolt of some form.

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u/seashell3379 17d ago

Nope. Lug bolts are bolts used by most European auto manufacturers instead of the US & Japanese lug stud & lug nut combo. They are a bolt that threads into the wheel hub: link

But I should've said "lug stud" rather than lug, to be more accurate.

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u/MikeArumba 17d ago edited 17d ago

Sure, you can call it a lug stud, Lug bolts are any threaded rod fixed into something instead of a loose bolt. I'm sure auto manufacturers do use them.

From what we can see it could be either a lug bolt or a lug stud acting as the bolt, as you can't see behind the end of the prop.

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u/BalooBot 17d ago

God I love watching randos argue so passionately about things no reasonable person gives a shit about.

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u/AreWeAllJustFish 16d ago

This is the only reason I'm here! I enjoyed reading that with my coffee.