Jon Nazareth
Western Thunderer
While waiting for the MecPac to properly dry on the break van, I thought that I'd turn my thoughts to this little project. They were 7' 9" wide x 10' 10" long over buffer beams and covered with square nuts and square washer plates. Whereas, I won't even think about making square nuts for the straps et al, I am thinking about using them on the sole plates.
This shows about seven per corner and as I intend making 2 horse boxes, this would mean making at least 56, not too bad.
The example below is made from a length of 1.5mm square brass tube threaded 14BA and parted off at .030", which scale scales up to .678" thick. Measuring off the drawing, the square nuts come out at about 1 1/2" square. Does anyone know what sort of thickness a square nut of this size should/could be? When it comes to the strap hinges, I shall use 16BA on those.
Just for comparison, the 14BA machine screw is 3/8" long.
Jon