t nut backed out on a speaker im building. the tweeter hole is too small to get my fat fingers through it, i need help. 😡
That was my thought if stuck in the damping material or my most used specialized tool if it had become attached to the woofer's magnet: AmPro T19602 3-in-1 Retriever Claw and Lighted Magnetic Pick
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as in it is still on the bolt and is not in the wood anymore. ended up having to drill the head of the bolt out. thanks for the suggestions though.
You're welcome! FWIW, I was in the process of drafting this:
...........using a small pry bar or similar, double stick tape, chewing gum/whatever as required to [re]install or keep it from falling out while you use a screw/bolt & flat washer to pull it back in; then using a sacrificial screw/bolt to protect the t-nut's threads, drip a metal, wood compatible super glue in the hole to bond it in and remove the screw before it sets or if you want to leave it in to keep tension on it while it sets up, then coat the screw threads with WD40, PB Blaster or similar.
Obviously, it's a good plan to do this with the other t-nuts too. 😉 and in the future make sure the t-nut is a tight fit in the hole and is installed using some form of clamp to 'crush' it in place, which IME this method in no void plywood [marine, BB, appleply] has withstood dozens of rotating numerous 15", up to 26 lb woofers beginning in 1964 with nary a loose one so far, though if MDF or similar, gluing or other containment is mandatory for > than a few 'swaps' at most based on what I've seen WRT some '70s-'80s Altec/JBL cabs.
https://www.google.com/webhp?source...1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=small+nail+puller+pry+bar
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...........using a small pry bar or similar, double stick tape, chewing gum/whatever as required to [re]install or keep it from falling out while you use a screw/bolt & flat washer
Obviously, it's a good plan to do this with the other t-nuts too. 😉 and in the future make sure the t-nut is a tight fit in the hole and is installed using some form of clamp to 'crush' it in place, which IME this method in no void plywood [marine, BB, appleply] has withstood dozens of rotating numerous 15", up to 26 lb woofers beginning in 1964 with nary a loose one so far, though if MDF or similar, gluing or other containment is mandatory for > than a few 'swaps' at most based on what I've seen WRT some '70s-'80s Altec/JBL cabs.
https://www.google.com/webhp?source...1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=small+nail+puller+pry+bar
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