80/20 Inc: T-Nuts Overview
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Hello, and welcome to 80/20′s product highlight series. Today we’re going to take a look at a vast selection of T-nuts that 80/20 offers. 80/20′s T-nuts come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and finishes to suit your project’s needs. They’re available in fractional, metric, and compatible across a wide range of profile series.
Now the first style of T-nut we’re going to talk about is the standard economy slide-in T-nut. This is one of the more popular options that 80/20 offers and comes standard in most recommended bolt assemblies. Now as the name suggests, it simply slides in from the side of the profile. Now however, you want to make sure that the pilot projection is facing downwards, or towards the middle of the profile. Now, the great thing about this T-nut is that you can substitute out a single T-nut sometimes for a double and a triple T-nut to save you time on your build.
Now, let’s say that, that doesn’t work and you are farther along in your project, or it’s completely finished and you want to add something on later, and you can’t access the end of your profile. That’s where our next two options come into play. The first one, is the drop in T-nut; simply drop it in anywhere in the open T-slot, and lock it into place, like so. Now one other option we have is a roll in T-nut. It serves the same purpose, but just like it sounds, it rolls into the open T-slot.
Now when we are using this, we have a few different options. We have T-nuts with a set screw, a flex handle, a ball spring, or a spring leaf. Now although all these look different, they all serve the same purpose, and that is to hold themselves into place, despite the orientation of the bar. Now one last T-nut we’re going to talk about is the self-aligning T-nut. This one helps fills any open space in the T-slot, and helps you line up your bolts a lot easier during install.
Now as you can see, T-nuts come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes here at 80/20, but they all ensure a strong, secure connection to your project. Now hopefully you found this segment on 80/20′s T-nuts helpful. For more information visit 8020.net and make sure to subscribe to future 80/20 videos. And as always, make it a great day.
80/20 Inc: T-Nuts Overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK-DsJxAdwM&feature=youtu.be
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