How does one install T-nuts?

[shmokes]

I think I'm going to use some big T-nuts to attach my side panels to the frame.  How does one install them, though?  Do I just drill the hole for the shaft, countersink a tiny bit for the base and then use a hammer to pound those little spikies in?  It's the spikies that really have me confused.  They look too big to try to pull in just by screwing a bolt in the other side like I would to pull the squre part of a carriage bolt into the hole.

edit: spelling

[FractalWalk]

That's exactly what I did.

[Ken Layton]

Yes, they need to be pounded in with a hammer.

[shmokes]

Cool, thanks guys.  It looked like that would be the way to do it, but I spent WAY too long shaping those side panels to screw them up doing something stupid.

[Tailgunner]

Hammering them in works for the spiked T-nuts, though given a choice I buy the screw in type instead. Those have three holes in the backing flange and attach to the panel with wood screws.

[krick]

Hammering them in works for the spiked T-nuts, though given a choice I buy the screw in type instead. Those have three holes in the backing flange and attach to the panel with wood screws.

Do you mean these...

[shmokes]

Yes and no.  Those aren't the type of Tee-nuts I'm using:

[Tiger-Heli]

Hammering them in works for the spiked T-nuts, though given a choice I buy the screw in type instead. Those have three holes in the backing flange and attach to the panel with wood screws.

Do you mean these...

Krick,

I think you have those mounted upside down.

I only mention this because I made a similar mistake on a project - You want the T-Nut's mouted on the far side (relative to the bolt) of the panel that they are going in, so the bolt pulls the panel tight.

I mounted some to the near side of the panel and the bolt easily pulled the T-nut loose.

FWIW!

[Oldskool]

Yes and no.  Those aren't the type of Tee-nuts I'm using:

I used 5/8" MDF on my CP.

For the t-nuts (the spikey kind), I first drilled the spotface using a forstner bit, and then the through hole using a standard twist drill.

The bolts were then used to pull the t-nuts into place. seating them nicely below flush.

Hammering them into place may be necessary if you're using plywood or similar.

[krick]

Hammering them in works for the spiked T-nuts, though given a choice I buy the screw in type instead. Those have three holes in the backing flange and attach to the panel with wood screws.

Do you mean these...

Krick,

I think you have those mounted upside down.

I only mention this because I made a similar mistake on a project - You want the T-Nut's mouted on the far side (relative to the bolt) of the panel that they are going in, so the bolt pulls the panel tight.

I mounted some to the near side of the panel and the bolt easily pulled the T-nut loose.

FWIW!

Oh, that's not my control panel.  I was just posting the picture as a reference.  I found it on some guys website where he's making a subwoofer...

http://lonestar.texas.net/~bdub/subwoofer/