No. One piece has a hole. The other piece needs a hole that is aligned with the hole in the other part. The transfer punch set contains many punches of graduated sizes, so you can pick a punch that just fits the hole in part A and use it to center punch part B. Holes may or may not be tapped. You might just run a bolt thru both holes and clamp them together.
Dan
Let the record show that Gunner Asch wrote back on Wed, 02 Nov 2005 05:19:16 GMT in rec.crafts.metalworking :
Had a guy at work hand tighten the hold down socket headed bolt for the vice, pulled it right out of the pallet. "Oh well, you only really need the one bolt, anyway ..."
For some people, "Get a Bigger Hammer" means you started with the wrong tool.
tschus pyotr
According to JWho :
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I read "give it a tap" as instructions to hit the back of the transfer punch with a light hammer, to mark where to drill the hole in the second piece.
In case you don't know transfer punches -- they are rods (the usual set is about 6" long) in many diameters, so one is likely to be a nice sliding fit in the existing hole.
One end is flat, and this is the end which you "tap" with the hammer. The other end is mostly flat, but has a conical center "pip" which serves as a center punch to mark where to drill the hole.
They are at least somewhat hardened steel, and a set is typically quite affordable.
Enjoy, DoN.
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