Need Serrated Disks

3/7/04, 11:55 PM #1

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine
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Need Serrated Disks

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>I made a tilting table to put in front of my old cast iron grinder base this weekend, and I need some serrated disks to put in between the two piviot points. wjile the basic concept is working fairly well, the table tends to creep down abit with the vibrations, and these disks should help keep the table in the desired position.

Perhaps there is another solution to this creeping problem, but I haven't thunk of it yet. Anybody got any suggustions/solution ideas?

Todd O.

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3/8/04, 12:19 AM #2

Bill Houghton
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Toothed washers?

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>Have you thought about toothed washers, which come in internal and external tooth patterns? One of these has kept the screw on my hot-water shower handle for about five years - it used to loosen up every week.

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3/8/04, 12:57 AM #3

Bill Tindall, E.TN.
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wold a piece of PSA sandpaper work?

Bill Tindall, E. TN

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3/8/04, 12:36 PM #4

Jim in Burlington Ont.
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Re: Need Serrated Disks *LINK*

Jim in Burlington

>I think you having problems with scews loosening? A product like Loctite should fix you right up.

http://www.loctiteproducts.com/

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3/8/04, 6:27 PM #5

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Re: Need Serrated Disks

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>Better, if it works for the application, would be nylon locking nuts - Loctite is a one-time use and kind of a pain if you have to loosen it to adjust.

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3/9/04, 12:55 AM #6

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine
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Problem Solved

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>Thanks for the idea fellas. No Bill I was not aware of toothed washers, sounds like something I'll have to keep an eye out for tho.

what the problem was is that I had a t-nut on each side of my pivot points, and when I threaded a bolt thru them I couldn't get them tight enough to keep them from creeping abit. What I did was to drill out the threads of one of the t-nuts just enough to let the bolt threads pass thru it and put a nut and lock washer on the protruding threads and it tightens up TIGHT now.

Guess I must of been tired last night, as the solution came to me whilst driving to school this morning. I just love a morning Brainstorm. :~)

Todd O.

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