What was the old term for square nuts (note: NOT a medical condition) ?
Was it something like nibs?
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Dunno, but they were often used with stove bolts.
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Well, I'm not _quite_ "older than dirt" (altho creeping up on it) and never heard them called other than "square nuts".
I'll note that's what they're called in the Fastenal catalog as well.
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Back in the 30's we called the things that went with stove bplts, stove nuts. When you went the hardware store for nuts, that's what you got (square) unless you specifically asked for hex nuts.
Joe
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But a stove bolt nut, while square, isn't the same as a "regular" machined nut--they're stamped sheet, even the olden days.
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Sounds like a snack food.
TDD
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snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote in news:0eccf523-d314-4550-a365-65656f96aec4 @r15g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
I just call them square nuts. Don't see them too much but one of my plastic draws in my storage bin has a shitload of them. All one size. Have had them a long time and don't know where I got them. Just the other day I had to use one for a bifold door track. Maybe next year I'll need another one for something.