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questions about teenuts!
hulkster:
alright, im confused on these things. dont make fun...but i am. ive seen the diagram of it, but am not sure exactly how it works. im wanting to use these for my joysticks. do you just drill a hole in the wood, then hammer the teenut in, and then what do you use for the screw/bolt to hold the joystick in? do you use like, wood screws, or carriage bolts or what? and do you need a nut on the other side to hold the bolt in? im confused, can somebody explain how these things work please?!?! yes i know im retarded, so chill
OSCAR:
tee-nuts are typically standard machine screw thread (#10-24, 1/4-20, etc), so any type of machine screw will work with them (pan head, round head, flat head, etc).
No, you don't need a separate nut, the tee-nut is the nut itself. The barrel goes towards the item you want to secure, like a joystick. Then you run the screw through the wood, joystick, and into the tee-nut. See this photo, http://www.oscarcontrols.com/sinistar/cp07.jpg, and you will see I have the flange of the tee-nut recessed into the cp top surface, and the screws run in from the underside holding the joysticks.
hulkster:
k so you hammer in the teenut on the topside, and then take a machine screw and screw that in from the other side? and im guessing that the teenut has threads in it? also, did you use your router to recess the teenut holes?
one more thing, will these screws stay in even through hitting the cp hard (golden tee)???
OSCAR:
All correct! And yes, I recessed out the wood for the flange with a router. The tee-nut won't go anywhere once installed, especially because you have it tightened down with a screw from the other side.
froggerman:
Yes, the t-nut has threads. You don't use a router to recess the hole usually a Forstner bit. Use a drill the size of the t-nut to countersink first then drill the small hole through after.
Yes the screws will stay in but if you are concerned about that apply a little Loctite to the threads when you install the screws.
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