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Flexy stand & nyloc nuts - Help!

post #1 of 8
5/22/10 at 11:01pm
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hi all

 

i have been trying to build a tnt flexy stand but have decided to use nyloc nuts now wish i had relised how hard this would have been as i have found it hard to get the nuts in position. so far i have been using bench vice and a wrench and a lot of muscle the problem is that the rods keep rotating when i try to screw it in place tightening the bench vice any further damages the threads on the rod. anyone got any suggestions please?

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post #2 of 8
5/22/10 at 11:29pm

Maybe put some pieces of wood in between the vice and the rod spreading the pressure out more evenly. 

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post #3 of 8
5/24/10 at 7:24pm

use two regular hex nuts on the rod, tighten them together... this creates a "jam nut" then vice the jam nut... it wont spin. It even cleans up the threads when you remove them.

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post #4 of 8
5/24/10 at 10:49pm
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Originally Posted by vixr View Post

use two regular hex nuts on the rod, tighten them together... this creates a "jam nut" then vice the jam nut... it wont spin. It even cleans up the threads when you remove them.


Wish I thought of that.  Much better than my idea =]

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post #5 of 8
5/30/10 at 2:12pm
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well thanks for the advice fellas after a week of trying i did it then found it to be a night mare to level it. so i got my dremel tool out and removed them. using hex nuts now and epoxy them once i had all levelled up.

also my flexy rack is no more as i needed a desk, so behold the flexy desk :)  (mind the pic quality its taken on my iphone)

 

flexydesk.jpeg

 

 

current have 6 40k weights  on it just to make sure it wont collapse


Edited by Yaka - 5/30/10 at 2:16pm
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post #6 of 8
5/30/10 at 4:44pm

you may want to consider adding some tri-angles...

 

928df3b8_flexydesk.jpg

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post #7 of 8
5/31/10 at 6:24am

TBH I've found humblehomemadehifi's version of the flexy racks better documented and better built than the TNT version.

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post #8 of 8
5/31/10 at 1:45pm
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i thought of  doing triangles but i didnt have any materials left. theres pleanty of mdf sheets in the place we have just moved to that has been left here everything i used cost me nothing apart from the spacers, and the hex nuts and the nyloc nuts that i couldn't use. the rods i salvaged from a skip not bad for something that cost me under £25 if you include the sand papper and the paint

 

as for humble hifi's take i would love to do that but the m24 rods,washers,nuts plus the sand adds to the costs a fair bit. plus i would need to buy or rent a router tool


Edited by Yaka - 5/31/10 at 1:48pm
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