glenn bradley
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I seem to make these up as the project demands. Stopping to do so sometimes gets me off track and I lose more time than they warrant. I am making a drawer unit for under the right tablesaw wing and the need came up again. I decided to grab some scrap oak from an old front door, mill it down and make a batch. Most of us have a method or could figure it out easily enough if the need came up. Maybe this will help some of the newer folks or trigger some ideas for others.
Stop blocks assure repeatability.
I drill a counterbore for the t-nut and a through hole for the threaded stem.
I also counterbore for the t-nut's shoulder.
The vise seats the t-nuts without a lot of pounding on things.
A cheap VIX bit assures centered screw holes.
And now I'll have a batch of spares for next time ;-)
They can be adjusted with a wrench from below or a screwdriver from above.
Here's some previous and some of the new ones installed:
. .
Stop blocks assure repeatability.
I drill a counterbore for the t-nut and a through hole for the threaded stem.
I also counterbore for the t-nut's shoulder.
The vise seats the t-nuts without a lot of pounding on things.
A cheap VIX bit assures centered screw holes.
And now I'll have a batch of spares for next time ;-)
They can be adjusted with a wrench from below or a screwdriver from above.
Here's some previous and some of the new ones installed:
. .
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