The requirement for M10 threaded nuts with 19mm AF instead of 17mm as standard means you have to make your own.
Its just some 19mm Hex-bar and 4 or 5 hours of messing about (aka "FUN") on a mini-lathe.
While it was perishing cold in my little workshop I enjoyed making these as it is something that I have never done before.
Sequence was:
Its just some 19mm Hex-bar and 4 or 5 hours of messing about (aka "FUN") on a mini-lathe.
While it was perishing cold in my little workshop I enjoyed making these as it is something that I have never done before.
Sequence was:
- Swap out the 4-jaw chuck for the 3-jaw chuck.
- Cut Hex bar into 4 smaller manageable lengths.
- Progressively drill each piece 4mm, then 6mm, then 8.5mm.
- Start an M10 thread in each piece and finish by hand with a tap-wrench (too grunty for a little mini-lathe to do).
- Cut the tapped sections into 2 or 3 pieces that are just over the size (height) of standard M12 nuts with an angle-grinder (mini-lathes do not like parting-off operations).
- Mount each piece into the chuck and face off and chamfer each end and chamfer the threaded holes.
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