Hi Folks,
We spent a nice bit of money on an solid wood kitchen table about 8 or 9 years ago, probably €1500 or €2000. To make a long story short the leg fell off.
The leg is attached to the table by way of some 7.5 x 70mm bolts and 10 x 24 mm type-d wood insert nuts. On closer inspection, I found the insert nuts exterior threads are all broken, I am not sure when or how this happened.
My concern is that, there is a bit of play around the insert nuts when they go in, they don't feel snug with in the hole. I am not sure this is just because the threads are missing.
I could order replacement nuts on Amazon, but I wouldn't be 100% they would anchor in there when the come.
Photo : Leg, Bolt and Nut
Photo: Nut with broken threads
Any suggestions, short of boring a new hole?
Ray K
We spent a nice bit of money on an solid wood kitchen table about 8 or 9 years ago, probably €1500 or €2000. To make a long story short the leg fell off.
The leg is attached to the table by way of some 7.5 x 70mm bolts and 10 x 24 mm type-d wood insert nuts. On closer inspection, I found the insert nuts exterior threads are all broken, I am not sure when or how this happened.
My concern is that, there is a bit of play around the insert nuts when they go in, they don't feel snug with in the hole. I am not sure this is just because the threads are missing.
I could order replacement nuts on Amazon, but I wouldn't be 100% they would anchor in there when the come.
Photo : Leg, Bolt and Nut
Photo: Nut with broken threads
Any suggestions, short of boring a new hole?
Ray K