7/8whit eye bolt

Hi all, anyone with a 7/8whit eye/lift bolt, have one to sell ?

I need to move my Colchester Student lathe onto and off lorries a couple of times.....have tried flee-bay etc and even can't find HT studding.....

next couple off months will do........

many thanks Clogs

I don't have one but they are in the Cromwell tools catalogue.

How strange, I was just looking for the same thing... for the same reason... Moving my Student

£6.48 from these guys.  (becomes £18.58 whenyou add the VAT and carriage)

http://www.absoluteindustrial.co.uk/lifting-gear-c1/eyebolts-eyenuts-bownuts-c38/imperial-collared-eyebolts-to-bs-4278-p193/s1229?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=imperial-collared-eyebolts-to-bs-4278-thread-size-inch-thread-size-inch-ice06&utm_campaign=product%2Blisting%2Bads&gclid=COHWs_Sl5M0CFY4y0wodCCkI9A

Edited By Mark Simpson 1 on 08/07/2016 17:37:48

Find your local lifting gear man in yellow pages, they should be able to order one in without the exorbitant delivery charges. In my area I'd use Warrington Chain

Or try a local electric motor re-winders; They're sometimes known as dynamo eyebolts for a reason.

p.s. Which part of Crete are you heading for? I'm quite envious of being able to get Cretan Raki on tap; the honey one particularly.

Just going by your "About Me" bit on the forum, I'm assuming you will struggle to get BSW stuff in France.

This Ad on ebay is listing a couple, so you could ask if he'd split one off for you, but they're not expensive new.

If you have a friend in the UK to post it to you Speedy Hire do them for less than a tenner plus vat

Edited By peak4 on 08/07/2016 22:11:59

A 3/4" whit eye bolt will safely lift 16 cwt, from my bell restoration project days.

Cheers,

Julian

cheers Cmany thanks, great ideas........

bit worried by Julian Atkins comment tho...only 16cwt ????? have seen extra long threaded version (able to cut to length) I think the lathe is getting on for a ton ?

Whit and the UN threads are available here.....Most tractor repair shops sell em......

Chania, Not keen on the Raki but the honey is oh so good......

how did they get on at the factory.......?

cheers Clogs........

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Don't worry ... A decent quality [forged & collared] 7/8" Whit. Lifting Eye should have a Safe Working Load of 2 Tons [vertical lift].

Caveat : Inferior items are available

Useful reference **LINK**

MichaelG.

A Dynamo eyebolt is a slightly different form of eyebolt and has a slightly lower safe working load at a given thread size (compared to collar eyebolt). Probably won't make much difference to most of us, but just thought I'd mention.

Dynamo eyebolt are limited to axial loads only. Collared eyebolt must be derated for loads off axis. Guides are available online and should be read if you are not conversant with the derating factors.

**LINK**

The link is to one example of eyebolt safety instructions. One thing it seems to be missing is instructions to only tighten eyebolts hand tight. Overtightening pre-stresses the threads and adds to the lifting stress on the threads effectively reducing safe working load in any configuration.

Martin

David, and Martin, you are both quite correct of course; I'd assumed, perhaps wrongly, that since only one was required, that the load would be more or less axial.

I can remember when I was more involved with motorsports vehicle recovery; I wrote a piece about exactly this topic, as folks often used them for winch hook anchor points on their Landrovers, when using a snatch block on the load.

Edited By peak4 on 09/07/2016 09:43:56

I've found a new 7/8" UNC one, for the princely sum on £13.40, fits into my student and has just lifted it onto rollers without a problem. It's rated at 2T

I'm selling my student on, for a bigger lathe, and it will be available when I've done that