> I am working on a small project. Kind of a backwards design for
> some small steel brackets that are in the process of being
> detailed. The drawings the steel detailer call for Grade 8
> 1/4x20 bolts. I have found some information on the internet. What
> I think should be called out should be ASTM A354 Grade BD (it
> appears that it is in the same category as SAE J429 Grade 8). It
> has a yield strength of 130 ksi and a tensile strength of 150 ksi.
> Am I correct?
You're the only one who knows what should be called out for the
project--what makes you believe the detailer called out the wrong
bolts? ASTM A-354 gr BD is quenched and tempered alloy steel and
grade 8 bolts are quenched and tempered medium carbon steel. That
makes them different, even though the head markings are the same. The
mechanical properties are the same for the grades you specified. If I
were you I wouldn't consider them interchangeable until you find out
why one was called out but not the other. Could be your detailer was
just using he favorite throw-away designation, or perhaps there's a
reason. Hard to tell from this distance.
>
>
> In addition, the shop drawings that are in production, call for a
> ¼"-20 FH MSCR in another application on the project. I can see
> that it will be a ¼" flat head screw (the drawings show a
> countersunk part for the application and I believe the receiving
> part will be drilled and tapped. But what does the "MSCR" stand
> for? Sorry for the confusion here. And, what would the correct
> ASTM designation be? Same as above for the bolts as the table I
> found from American Fastener shows ASTM A#%$ Grade BD being for
> Bolts, Screws, and Studs.
>
>
I did a Google search for 'MSCR' and came up with one site that says
it's a rarely used abbreviation for machine screw. It doesn't appear
in either _Machinery's Handbook_ or my old drafting text. My drafting
book references 'SCR' as a standard but dated abbreviation for
'screw,' and FH is an abbreviation for 'flat head.' So I'd guess that
your detailer probably isn't a lot younger than I am and meant 'flat
head machine screw' by FH MSCR. (Ref ASA Z32.13--1946)
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