Sounds like a furniture bolt. Yes, that is a thing.
-Darrel
> On May 24, 2015, at 12:59 PM, Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm repairing some outdoor furniture from L.L. Bean. Two chairs were
> put together with carriage bolts, but the third one (bought sometime
> later) has a unique type of fastener. It looks like an elevator bolt,
> but the flat head has a hex indentation, so it can be driven with an
> Allen wrench. The underside of the flange is round instead of square,
> the same diameter all the way down.
>
> These are much better than carriage bolts for things that need to be
> disassembled more than once (and that's these chairs...)
>
> Anyone got any idea what it might be called, or where I can get some?
>
> TIA,
> Jeff Scarbrough
> Corrosion Acres, Ga.
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