[at-l] Hiking Stick/monopod

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark Wright)]

Down here in the south, "automotive studs" are found at the NASCAR race
tracks on each weekend! <g>

thru-thinker

saunterer@jimbullard.org wrote:
> 
> At 09:54 AM 4/5/02 -0500, Bob C. wrote:
> >My  Komperdell,  combined  cork  pole tip, strap and compass arrived in
> >the mail
> >yesterday. Many thanks to whoever made the suggestion. BTW, the price has
> >jumped
> >from $10 to $12.
> >...clip...
> >  I  then  took  a  1/4-20  hex  head  bolt,  three-quarters of an inch
> > long, and
> >  tightened to it a 1/4-20 hex head nut (total cost 9 cents) so that I
> > ended with
> >  a  half  inch  of  combined  hex  head bolt and hex nut, with a quarter
> > inch of
> >  thread  remaining.  I then drilled a half inch deep and half inch round
> > hole in
> >  the  now  somewhat  cooked end of my alder stick, coated the inside of
> > the hole
> >  with  five  minute  epoxy  glue and inserted the nut and bolt, leaving
> > only the
> >  quarter inch of thread protruding. In the meantime, I attached to the
> > bottom of
> >  the  stick  a  soft  rubber  crutch  tip (57 cents) from our local ACE
> > Hardware
> >  Store.
> 
> BTW - I had to be in the local hardware store a couple of days ago on
> another errand and checked.  Yes, they do have studs that can be had with a
> ΌΧ20 screw thread on one end.  They are called "automotive studs" and are
> 1½" long.  That saves the effort of cutting off a bolt head or having to
> drill a larger hole to accomodate the head.  FWIW
> 
> sAunTerer
> 
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