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Good idea. The corners of the big nut don't offer enough friction for my fingers. Cut from an old file (coarseness 2 or 3) two 1x1" pieces and glue them each to an 2x1" aluminum angle. Procure that these top-heavies don't fall off the vise jaws. Then clamp a thumb-nut between opposite corners and tighten a bit (5 min on a clock dial). Torque is not worse than a knurled nut.
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Thanks Make Things! We've added your Knurled Nut Replacement to our Fastening category,
as well as to your builder page: Make Things's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:
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Congratulations Make Things - your Thumb Nuts are the Homemade Tool of the Week!
A nice week for tools around here, but simple, clever, and inexpensive wins it this time - especially with a new fastener trick.
Some more good builds from this week:
Nail Puller, Stair Gauge, and Framing Square Stand by orioncons36
Plastic Blanks by The Hobby Machinist NZ
Mini Transfer Punches by mklotz
Sandblaster Foot Pedal by garagehobbyist
Welding Cart by kcondo
Vise Hold Down Clamps by Mook
Graduated Dial by Mr. Factotum's Workshop
Make Things - you'll be receiving a $100 cash prize, in your choice of Amazon, PayPal, or bitcoin. Please PM me your current email address and prize choice and I'll get it sent over right away.
This is your 2nd Homemade Tool of the Week. Here are both of your Homemade Tool of the Week winning tools. Congrats again :thumbsup:
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Thanks Jon, that means so much to me!