Why are there no Nuts / Bolts / Screws in Star Trek?
 

In all of the episodes that I've watched which consists of all of
TNG, DS9, VOY, & ENT, I've never seen a single screw, nut or bolt, even a rivet in the future.

Somebody has to make the prototype of the item or part that gets mass replicated. How did they put all the items together in the first place?

Did they just weld or sodder everything together?

I'm assuming they must use something to hold all their tools, gadgets, pipes, etc together.

Any ideas from you fans?

Re: Why are there no Nuts / Bolts / Screws in Star Trek?
 

There are plenty of nuts and bolts in the Enterprise's enineering section in the 2009 Star Trek movie, and I'm sure I've seen panels being unscrewed in Enterprise, although I can't recall which episodes.

I guess the 24th century Treks use some magical futuristic... somethingorother... involving waving magical techno-wands....

Re: Why are there no Nuts / Bolts / Screws in Star Trek?
 

DS9 had self-sealing stem bolts.

Re: Why are there no Nuts / Bolts / Screws in Star Trek?
 

cuz it's the future and they've gone beyond contemporary conventional methods.

i'm no engineer or mechanic, but 200/300 years ago i don't think there were many nuts-bolts-rivets.

similarly, 200/300 years from now, they will have construction methods unknown today. you know, invention.

also: yes... self-sealing stem bolts. yes.

Re: Why are there no Nuts / Bolts / Screws in Star Trek?
 

I suspect given the size and shape of the Self-Sealing stem bolt props, they were probably used for major assemblies like starship or starbase components.

As for smaller items, I presume that because the industrial replicator can fabricate pre-assembled objects with complex part geometries, subcomponents and individual fixtures were deemed unneccessary (unless one wants items such as hand Phasers or tricorders to be repairable)

Of course, it may just be the producers' and art departments idea of a clean futuristic look by taking out fasteners that would look ostensibly like something out of the 20~21st Centuries.

Re: Why are there no Nuts / Bolts / Screws in Star Trek?
 

As others have said changes in technology

Re: Why are there no Nuts / Bolts / Screws in Star Trek?
 

We never saw Kleenex, Tampons or toilets, either, though we all assume the crew had access to such. Why do you ask? Do you find screws, nuts and bolts dramatically compelling?

Re: Why are there no Nuts / Bolts / Screws in Star Trek?
 

Nuts, bolts, and screws are so pre-warp...
:shifty:

Re: Why are there no Nuts / Bolts / Screws in Star Trek?
 

Solder.

Where do we find these people? Sodder...

Re: Why are there no Nuts / Bolts / Screws in Star Trek?
 

There's certainly welding...

Re: Why are there no Nuts / Bolts / Screws in Star Trek?
 

A toilet was seen in Trek V.

Learn more about Toilets in Star Trek.

Re: Why are there no Nuts / Bolts / Screws in Star Trek?
 

By the 24th century, Humanity is too evolved to use rivets.

In the video, they're specifically arc welding.

:)

Re: Why are there no Nuts / Bolts / Screws in Star Trek?
 

Perhaps there still are. Maybe only during Parrises Squares tournaments with the cheerleaders: "Nuts and bolts. Nuts and bolts. We got screwed!" :D

Re: Why are there no Nuts / Bolts / Screws in Star Trek?
 

My bad, I was typing quickly and didn't spell check.

Re: Why are there no Nuts / Bolts / Screws in Star Trek?
 

I doubt it's a word people spell that often. And I don't know how people pronounce it in other countries, but in America the L tends to be silent anyway.