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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: shmokes on March 29, 2004, 06:34:17 pm
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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
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That's exactly what I did.
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Yes, they need to be pounded in with a hammer.
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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.
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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.
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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...
(http://lonestar.texas.net/~bdub/subwoofer/TopPlateB.jpg)
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Yes and no. Those aren't the type of Tee-nuts I'm using:
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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!
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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.
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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/ (http://lonestar.texas.net/~bdub/subwoofer/)