After a good relook you are right. Not sure what I was thinking. Sorry for the confusion.
Bent T-nuts on new product
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Re: Bent T-nuts on new product
John & Mary Burger
Eagle's Lair Woodshop
Hooper, UT
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Hooper, UT
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Re: Bent T-nuts on new product
The 'key reveal' is that the wider 'bottom' has the ends relieved.
Happy New Year SS CS.
Happy New Year SS CS.
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Re: Bent T-nuts on new product
Of course. It must be age clicking in.
John & Mary Burger
Eagle's Lair Woodshop
Hooper, UT
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Re: Bent T-nuts on new product
Thee has a long say to go!
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Re: Bent T-nuts on new product
Okay, well I wrote a note to the mothership about my bent products, I got a return authorization and sent them back. Today the replacements arrived and ...
... wait for it ..
they're exactly the same! Just as bent in just the same way. <sigh>
No one bothered to even try putting them into a slot before shipping them out. No one cared enough to check the stock for defects. No one checked in with the supplier to say 'WTF, you can't get this right!?" or even "Fix this carp or lose this contract!"
Am I being encouraged to walk away and fix them myself? Is it even worth the trouble of talking to them again? Who has time for this?
[edit] So I decided to take another stab at fixing them myself. Here's my bending jig, using 3/8" hex nuts to send the force around the bolt. If you try this, be aware that you can go too far. I also filed down the body width, the wing width and the thickness before I could get them into my fence slot, which has tighter tolerances than the table slots.
... wait for it ..
they're exactly the same! Just as bent in just the same way. <sigh>
No one bothered to even try putting them into a slot before shipping them out. No one cared enough to check the stock for defects. No one checked in with the supplier to say 'WTF, you can't get this right!?" or even "Fix this carp or lose this contract!"
Am I being encouraged to walk away and fix them myself? Is it even worth the trouble of talking to them again? Who has time for this?
[edit] So I decided to take another stab at fixing them myself. Here's my bending jig, using 3/8" hex nuts to send the force around the bolt. If you try this, be aware that you can go too far. I also filed down the body width, the wing width and the thickness before I could get them into my fence slot, which has tighter tolerances than the table slots.
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