Looking for a source for 1 x 8 nuts to fit my spindle.
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Looking for a source for 1 x 8 nuts to fit my spindle.
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They grow on steel trees. You have to pick them at the right time or they'll be the wrong size. Also, make sure it's the right kind of tree. I wanted stainless, but ended up with the wrong size galvanized.
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Jack
I have a source (the goode olde place) in this small town, where I can buy 1x8 nuts; I've bought a few of them, and right now, I can't remember what they cost; I know they were reasonable.
Don't know what the postage would be to Indiana. If you like, I can check it out tomorrow morning, and let you know. How many?
Al
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That's nuts!Originally Posted by Jim Slovik
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I bought some at Ace hardware store.
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1 X 8 Bolts!
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+1 for Ace
Mark
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Jack, 1" 8tpi is a standard unified national coarse thread size. You should be able to find them at any heavy truck or heavy equipment dealer or your local Fastenal store. Good Luck...
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I just picked some up at Menard's today. I think they were about $1.50 each.....
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Ace Hardware.
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I was buying the 1 x 8 lock nuts to make waste blocks out of for my boxes (Bonnie Klein style) on my mini lathe. At the local Ace, they were $35 for a box of 10. At the local fastener store, they were about $25. With the locking nuts with the nylon insert, it is deep enough so that you don't need a spacer between the nut and the headstock. Turn out the nylon (need a 1/4 inch spacer to thread it onto your lathe, and a square end scraper), or heat it out. I also true up the face with a Thompson scraper. Drill out a pine waste block, stuff the nut in, use some of the 2 part epoxy, mix it in a syringe (they have some thing perfect in the wall paper part of the big box store for glue), squirt it in the edges, let dry over night. Round it up and flatten the top and go.
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Thanks for all the replies. Just wanted to make sure that you didnt need to order them so I will hunt around town and see what I come up with.
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