Phil Pascoe
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Has anyone come across extra large/long 8mm wing nuts? Everything I've found is much the same, and I need only one.
It needs to up and down a thread about an inch or so.How about a Bristol Lever, or do you need two wings?![]()
I made a few thumbscrews...
Those look so much better than my quick lashups made from a coach bolt and ply.I made a few thumbscrews for some marking gauges the other day, these are the rejects.
Surprisingly strong, at least I can't break them by hand, would need some serious torque to split/break them.
Figured out tapping a thread didn't work, nigh on impossible to get the tap to run true, so the 10mm (Walnut) one's I just pre-drilled @ 3/8" (9.525mm) then chucked up the 10mm threaded rod in a cordless drill, bit of CA on the end, then inserted, lovely snug fit.
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I am wondering if you have included an incorrect photograph by mistake.
This thread is entitled "wing nuts". The text below the thread title says "extra large/long 8mm wing nuts".
I made a few thumbscrews/wing nuts for some marking gauges the other day,
Later on, the OP says "it needs to up and down a thread".
A wing nut - "it needs to up and down a thread". (as opposed to to onto a stud.)
How else should I have put it?![]()
A nut with wings that fly's up and downthat's what I also call my sister when she's off on holls
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