Originally Posted by
David Ragan
Thanks for responding
Michael hit the bolt on the head (sorry), w the plow bolt.
With that information, after much searching, the only plow bolt that is 4" long like I need is like $8 each, and 3/4" diameter (way too big)-cause they are for high stress applications-plows, buckets on tractors, etc. The Jessem featherboard is a M6 1.0 thread.
So-Christian ultimately rung the bell w his cobbled together recommendation.
What i'll probably do is ask my machinist guy to taper down a 4" m6 1.0 bolt to a 60* taper head, and tack weld a little nib on the side.
That particular bolt, from what I see, is used in high stress applications, and the longer it is, requirses a much thicker shaft-way too thick for a little featherboard.
Oh well-I got my answer: machining magic!