This is a total win, though.

It’s so annoying when people describe anything they don’t like as “creepy” and “scary.” “Mr. Rogers, he scares me!” “Joel Osteen is creepy!” “Those shoes seriously creep me out.” Get over it; Joel Osteen is about as scary as a sleeping bunny rabbit; just say you disagree with him, and leave it at that.

Really is more like Martin Short.

That’s a joke, right? Because that guy is seriously creepy.

*yawn*

God, please hurry up and kick Satan’s ass. It has taken you THOUSANDS of years…

Commonly the clevis pin is used with a shackle. A straight shackle looks like the letter C, with holes at each end; when you insert the clevis pin you create a D with the clevis able to rotate about the axis of the pin. A twist shackle provides a loop at a right angle to the axis of rotation.

A large bolt can function as a clevis pin, but a bolt is not intended to take the lateral stress that a clevis pin must handle. The heads of clevis pins sold to the farm trade or for other types of rigging are typically larger and safer to use.

Older implements, intended to be pulled by a team of draft animals, require a twist shackle to be hitched.

Like a set screw, a clevis pin is often used to prevent two other pieces from moving relative to each other. A clevis pin is less adjustable, in that it can hold the two parts in exactly one relative position (because holes must be drilled in both parts). A clevis pin is also more secure, as it is less apt to come loose due to vibration.

Typical uses of clevis pins include fastening turnbuckles in rigging. Clevis pins are used extensively in sailboat rigging, as well as the Automotive, Aircraft and construction industries.