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  • tlt
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    • Jan 2006
    • 125
    • Tucson, Arizona.
    • Delta 36-682

    what is this hardware called?

    I'm hoping someone can help me with the name of this nut -- it's the kind that you tap into one side of a board, and then attach something like small table legs on the other side. Pictures are attached.

    Thanks for any help.
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  • garymuto
    Established Member
    • Aug 2007
    • 194
    • Encinitas, CA
    • Delta Cabinet Saw

    #2
    T-Nut or maybe Tee Nut. Looks like 1/4-20 threads from the photo but you probably know that you can get them in different size threads.

    I buy mine at Rockler.

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    • capncarl
      Veteran Member
      • Jan 2007
      • 3564
      • Leesburg Georgia USA
      • SawStop CTS

      #3
      Those of us from the skate board generation called them RAT nuts. I use a lot of them on jigs. There is also a version of this fastener that has 3 screw holes in the flat washer part to secure the fastener in locations that it could come out when disassembling. Good in hollow boat seats!
      capncarl

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      • Black wallnut
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        • Jan 2003
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        • BT3k 1999

        #4
        T-nuts are what I've always seen them called.
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        • durango dude
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          • Mar 2011
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          #5
          Yup - t nuts.

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          • JoeyGee
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            • Nov 2005
            • 1509
            • Sylvania, OH, USA.
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            #6
            I get them at Lowe's/Home Depot. They sell them in those little bags in the hardware area. I've gotten 5/16" but I'm sure they have more sizes.
            Joe

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            • dbhost
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              • Apr 2008
              • 9209
              • League City, Texas
              • Ryobi BT3100

              #7
              T-nut, or Tee nut. Your local Ace Hardware / True Value / Handy Dan's etc... should have boxes and boxes of those...
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              • dbhost
                Slow and steady
                • Apr 2008
                • 9209
                • League City, Texas
                • Ryobi BT3100

                #8
                Originally posted by capncarl
                Those of us from the skate board generation called them RAT nuts. I use a lot of them on jigs. There is also a version of this fastener that has 3 screw holes in the flat washer part to secure the fastener in locations that it could come out when disassembling. Good in hollow boat seats!
                capncarl
                I consider myself part of the Skater generation and we never called them rat nuts... Must have been a regional thing.
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                • tlt
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                  • Jan 2006
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                  • Tucson, Arizona.
                  • Delta 36-682

                  #9
                  Thanks guys - I picked some up at ace. It's a lot easier when you don't ask for the "spiky nut thingy" 😀

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                  • LCHIEN
                    Internet Fact Checker
                    • Dec 2002
                    • 20914
                    • Katy, TX, USA.
                    • BT3000 vintage 1999

                    #10
                    confusingly they are called T-nuts and there are other things also called T-nuts.
                    Glad you found them.
                    Loring in Katy, TX USA
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                    • LinuxRandal
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                      • Feb 2005
                      • 4889
                      • Independence, MO, USA.
                      • bt3100

                      #11
                      When it comes to hardware, I have used Mcmaster Carr to learn the names. (hope it helps you like me)
                      WIthout it, I have run into problems if I needed something quick and the building centers or chain hardware stores didn't have it. (would need the name for the one mom and pop store to order it as well)
                      I've ordered a few bits from Mcmaster after not finding them local.
                      She couldn't tell the difference between the escape pod, and the bathroom. We had to go back for her.........................Twice.

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                      • gerti
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                        • Dec 2003
                        • 2233
                        • Minnetonka, MN, USA.
                        • BT3100 "Frankensaw"

                        #12
                        I have the name problem occasionally, and translations from German often don't help. So I use Google image search a lot, enter a name that is reasonable (or at least the right family), and look for an image of what I want. The page providing that image often has the name.

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