28-02-2020, 11:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 28-02-2020, 11:14 PM by "Slack Alice" Simon.)
Gut feeling comes down marginally on the side of the insert. Barrel nut could split the wood along the grain, if you really wind up on it.
But this is what I call "fuzzy engineering" - the use of non - steel components mimicing steel fabrication. They don't work the same way, but you can get near to the required performance of the final assenmblies.
While we are on the subject of furniture fixings - and it is stating the blooming obvious - but I have come across many who don't see it - the T nut goes on the reverse side of the component you are bolting to.
It is not held in place by the prongs banged into the upper side of the item you are bolting to.
And - though I haven't checked - they used to be available in 5/16 Whit, as well as metric.
But this is what I call "fuzzy engineering" - the use of non - steel components mimicing steel fabrication. They don't work the same way, but you can get near to the required performance of the final assenmblies.
While we are on the subject of furniture fixings - and it is stating the blooming obvious - but I have come across many who don't see it - the T nut goes on the reverse side of the component you are bolting to.
It is not held in place by the prongs banged into the upper side of the item you are bolting to.
And - though I haven't checked - they used to be available in 5/16 Whit, as well as metric.