Fastener

A fastener is a machine element and a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. Here are some fasteners as represented in Technical drawings.

Note : the small sketch at the right bottom corner representing a truncated cone tells whether the french or the american convention was used to place the views.

Screw rod [edit]

Fr : tige filetée

Tapped hole [edit]

Fr : trou taraudé

Cotter pins [edit]

This is more of a cartoon than an engineering drawing. Still, it might be useful.

Nuts [edit]

en: Slotted nut, DIN 981; de: Nutmutter, DIN 981
en: Slotted nut, DIN 981 with 120° sectional view; de: Nutmutter, DIN 981, im Schnitt (120°)
en: Slotted nut, DIN 981 with 180° sectional view; de: Nutmutter, DIN 981, im Schnitt (180°)