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Worth1 · February 11, 2019

When you dont have a milling machine and you want Tee Nuts and none to be had in town.
There are simple solutions, here is yet one of the more might I say involved methods.

First pick up scrap aluminum and put in 4 jaw chuck.
Turn to width and thickness.
Now the hard part turn to the next thickness but leave what I call a boss to drill and tap on the lathe.
I left dimensions a wee large so I could file to exact size, (old school part).
Reason being, the dreaded Tee Slot is a little hard to measure and I was lazy.
Now I have a pattern for more Tee Nuts.
The Tee Nut allows you to clamp down stuff using the Tee Slot to hold the nut.
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February 11, 2019	#297
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	When you dont have a milling machine and you want Tee Nuts and none to be had in town. There are simple solutions, here is yet one of the more might I say involved methods. First pick up scrap aluminum and put in 4 jaw chuck. Turn to width and thickness. Now the hard part turn to the next thickness but leave what I call a boss to drill and tap on the lathe. I left dimensions a wee large so I could file to exact size, (old school part). Reason being, the dreaded Tee Slot is a little hard to measure and I was lazy. Now I have a pattern for more Tee Nuts. The Tee Nut allows you to clamp down stuff using the Tee Slot to hold the nut. IMG_20190211_11783.jpg IMG_20190211_36498.jpg IMG_20190211_478.jpg IMG_20190211_24753.jpg Last edited by Worth1; February 11, 2019 at 12:07 PM.