Help please!
A couple of years’ ago, I rescued a dilapidated sewing machine table from the attic of our daughter’s home in France. I then spent some time removing all the rust from the frame and treadle before spraying them with black Hammerite. As the top was not worth rescuing, I removed it, got some nice oak which I planed and jointed, and made a new top. The finished article was given to my daughter-in-law as a Christmas present so that she could put her sewing machine and other kit on it. The finished article was this:
Last year, on another trip to the attic, my wife spotted another sewing machine table, probably a bit more dilapidated than the first.
I’ve removed the top as it wasn’t worth restoring and, as before will make a new oak top.
However, whereas all the screws and bolts on the first machine came out without too much of a problem, this latest one is proving more awkward. All the screws holding on the top and drawer compartment came undone easily, not bad for something 80 or 90 years’ old and dumped about 50 years’ ago. The problem lies with the four bolts holding the frame together. Two came undone without any problem. However, one is rusted solid and the fourth has the nut missing. This is a picture of the bolt with the missing nut.
As can be seen, it has a conical head with a plain top, no slot for a screwdriver, allen key etc. I cannot see any means of removing the rusted bolt other than using an angle grinder or similar to cut off the nut as there is no way of holding the bolt whist trying to undo the nut. The thread of the bolt is just over 9 mm in diameter, it’s 34 mm long of which 19 mm is threaded (what sort of thread, who knows).
So, if I cut off the nut, I will be looking for two bolts and nuts as replacements, possibly four so that they all match. I am aware that countersunk machine bolts are available although my search on google didn’t throw up any results for M9. However, I did find these
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Countersunk-Ma ... chine+bolt
The question is, would they work?
A couple of years’ ago, I rescued a dilapidated sewing machine table from the attic of our daughter’s home in France. I then spent some time removing all the rust from the frame and treadle before spraying them with black Hammerite. As the top was not worth rescuing, I removed it, got some nice oak which I planed and jointed, and made a new top. The finished article was given to my daughter-in-law as a Christmas present so that she could put her sewing machine and other kit on it. The finished article was this:
Last year, on another trip to the attic, my wife spotted another sewing machine table, probably a bit more dilapidated than the first.
I’ve removed the top as it wasn’t worth restoring and, as before will make a new oak top.
However, whereas all the screws and bolts on the first machine came out without too much of a problem, this latest one is proving more awkward. All the screws holding on the top and drawer compartment came undone easily, not bad for something 80 or 90 years’ old and dumped about 50 years’ ago. The problem lies with the four bolts holding the frame together. Two came undone without any problem. However, one is rusted solid and the fourth has the nut missing. This is a picture of the bolt with the missing nut.
As can be seen, it has a conical head with a plain top, no slot for a screwdriver, allen key etc. I cannot see any means of removing the rusted bolt other than using an angle grinder or similar to cut off the nut as there is no way of holding the bolt whist trying to undo the nut. The thread of the bolt is just over 9 mm in diameter, it’s 34 mm long of which 19 mm is threaded (what sort of thread, who knows).
So, if I cut off the nut, I will be looking for two bolts and nuts as replacements, possibly four so that they all match. I am aware that countersunk machine bolts are available although my search on google didn’t throw up any results for M9. However, I did find these
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Countersunk-Ma ... chine+bolt
The question is, would they work?
