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T Nuts
rleete:
--- Quote from: bogstandard on May 17, 2009, 01:06:54 PM ---Practice makes perfect.
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Absolutely. I can make scrap in half the time I used to!
Darren:
In the quest to flog a dead horse,
I have 3 machines with similar, but not quite the same size T-slot.
If I made the t-nuts to fit the smallest, they would prob still work in the other machines, albeit a little loose.
Or should I be making them in different sizes to fit each? I dunno....
As long as they don't turn that's all that's required init? :scratch:
sbwhart:
--- Quote from: Darren on May 18, 2009, 03:18:03 PM ---If I made the t-nuts to fit the smallest, they would prob still work in the other machines, albeit a little loose.
Or should I be making them in different sizes to fit each? I dunno....
As long as they don't turn that's all that's required init? :scratch:
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Depend on how much grunt you give them, the slacker ones wouldn't take as much, and you may damage the edge of T slots in the machine as the load wouldn't be spread over as much surface.
Stew
bogstandard:
Actually Darren, your t-nuts should be a nice slide fit in the slot, with no wobbling side to side. It is when they are offset slightly that unequal pressures are put onto the slot edges, and then the slots are liable to fail. It is the same if you use hex nuts under the slots.
999 times out of a thousand, it will be OK.
It is totally up to you if you feel lucky or not. Well do you, punk!!!? That was my Dirty Harry text. ::)
Bogs
CrewCab:
For the amount of work required to mill the individual size bars I'd be tempted to make em' a good fit for each machine
again just my 2c worth :med:
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