Gluing in T-nuts

[DSP_Geek]

Has anyone here found a way of gluing a T-nut to MDF? I'll drive the thing in, of course, but it'd be nice to have a backup attachment.


Thanks in advance,
Francois.

 

[tool49]

I've used epoxy on countless occasions with great success!

Hope this helps!
Sébastien

 

[quickshift]

I use Araldite (2 part epoxy) and haven't lost a T-nut yet

 

[DSP_Geek]

Wow! That didn't take long! Thanks. So you just mix the epoxy, slap it on the mating surfaces, and away you go then?


Francois.

 

[quickshift]

I drill the hole for the T-nut, bang it in about 1/2 way, pop some Araldite under the legs, bang the nut down the rest of the way (I put a bit of wood on the nut and make sure it doesn't move so no Araldite gets on the thread or my rubber hammer) and then put a bit more araldite round the legs of the nut.

Seems to work well. Epoxy is good stuff to use in this application becuasu it stays where it's applied.

 

[Vikash]

T-nuts suck. Try using threaded inserts and you won't regret it

 

[DSP_Geek]

That makes a lot of sense. Araldite is a right pain to find on this side of the pond, so I'll look at other things. I wonder if Gorilla Glue would work.

Sebastien, merci de ton avis. Je te proposerai une St-Ambroise si j'etais dans le coin, mais ca fait des annees que j'ai quitte Montreal. La ville me manque, mais pas la neige, ****** de *****!

"Mon pays, ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver...."


Francois.

 

[maxro]

That makes a lot of sense. Araldite is a right pain to find on this side of the pond, so I'll look at other things. I wonder if Gorilla Glue would work.

Sebastien, merci de ton avis. Je te proposerai une St-Ambroise si j'etais dans le coin, mais ca fait des annees que j'ai quitte Montreal. La ville me manque, mais pas la neige, ****** de *****!

"Mon pays, ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver...."


Francois.

Hmm, so the naughty language filter does not work en Francais.

Max

 

[Vikash]

Yes, but the mods still read it so be warned!

 

[Cal Weldon]

Did I get it?

My French is very poor, so if more is needed please email Vikash or other mod and they will change it.

 

[ocool_15]

I was thinking of just using fiberglass resin. I have one or 2 where the T-nuts came out(removing some mdf) so was going to replace them. Haven't tried but perhaps the mdf absorbs resine too much....

 

[quickshift]

That makes a lot of sense. Araldite is a right pain to find on this side of the pond, so I'll look at other things. I wonder if Gorilla Glue would work.

I'd be worried that Gorilla Glue would foam up everywhere and get into the threads TBH.

Maybe if you covered the bolt in grease and applied the GG to the nuts with the bolt in place, it would stop the threads getting GG in them and allow you to easily remove the bolt?

I reckon epoxy glue would be better than GG though.

 

[noah katz]

Does anyone have problems with air leaks through the threads?

Just to be sure, on the sub I'm building I epoxied in 1 1/2" long hardwood dowels and threaded them 10-24 (5 mm for you metric guys) for machine screws.

 

[richie00boy]

I glued them in with 'No More Nails' which I believe is a polyurathene based glue similar to Gorilla Glue. Just a splodge under when they are halfway in.

Although I've never had a problem with a tee nut falling out even when not glued.