Try Quick nut, Quick Acting Inserts, Quick Acting Knobs and Quick reless it can go by other name. But it is use in tool and die work both http://www.mcmaster.com/ and http://www.reidsupply.com/
Also there other type of zuick nut not lised on the sites and are custom made. Like the vise type

Dave Smith

--- In 4x6bandsaw@yahoogro ups.com, "onebike2ride" <JZ@...> wrote:
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> --- In 4x6bandsaw@yahoogro ups.com, "jsppleasant@ " <jsppleasant@ > wrote:
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> > Where can I find an extended screw with a tommy bolt for quicker vise tightening? I do not own a lathe to make one.
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> Searching google and yahoo.com for "Tommy Bolt" got me eleventy zillion and five links about some now deceased golfer who apparently was pretty good. No help for your saw though.
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> After some further experimenting I spotted "Tommy Screws" which at least led to actual hardware. A screw with a bar thru the one end as a kind of "T" handle. Got it. New term for the day is tommy screw. :-)
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> So try searching for Tommy Screws instead of tommy bolts and hopefully you'll find something quick enough....
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> Cheers,
> John Z.
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