Thread: Availability of Barrel Nuts - E Gippsland

Originally Posted by petert

I'm currently in process of constructing a "Shopnotes" workbench. The design calls for "Bench Bolts" which appear to be a 6" (150 mm) by 12 mm hex head bolt and a Barrel Nut.

Can someone point me at sources of supply in the Bairnsdale/Sale area for Barrel Nuts probably 25mm diameter with a 12 mm thread through them. I've tried the local Mitre10 and am moving onto other local hardware houses (BJ Bearings et al).

thanks in advance:confused:

The Trade Desk/Special Oders Desk at Bunnings should be able to help.

Woody

You can see the Veritas bench bolts on the Lee Valley website:
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...47&cat=1,41637

I doubt these or anything similar are available in Australia, but hopefully someone can prove me wrong.
You could have an engineering works make the nuts for you or make your own perhaps.
Another idea is to rout mortices in the stretcher rails and use a standard hex nut with a washer.

Kind regards
Brian

I have seen similar bolts used to connect wooden bed frames together. That may help you in your search. Sorry I couldn't be more help. Mike

Used the Lee Valley ones - ordered them formt eh USA and they arrived 2 weeks later. Just finished using them... haven't seen anything equiv. in Aussie. Geoff

I have seen these at Law Somerville industries (Moe - latrobe valley) as pictured in the Veritas catalogue, not sure if they have the sizes you are after though. Don't know if they post stuff.

Is there a cabinet making business about? They use fittings that aren't always carried by the hardware businesses.

I have thought about these and can't see how one gets the holes drilled accurately enough without jigs.

If it is in the Hafele catalogue law somerville may get it for you.

http://www.hafele.com.au/isapi/home/default.asp

I had a quick look but have to stop . . . must stop . . .

There are other ways to set other other nuts in timber.

Thanks all. Looks like its back to standard nuts, bolts and a morticed slot to hold the nut rather than the - admittedly more elegant - barrel nut approach.

DIY them. Find a vendor who will sell you some 25mm diam brass- say 120mm long. Drill an 11m diam hole through the center. take em to an engineering works and have them tap to match your 12 x 1mmm pitch x 150 long hex head bolts. About half to 3/4 hrs work
Grahame

Bunnings have 6 mm hex head bolts & cross dowels (as they're known here), near the 35mm hinges and other Howard Silvers stuff.

Your local hardware may be able to order direct from Hafele or Howard Silvers.

Otherwise, like MSO said, I think they used long lag bolts into square nuts for attaching bed ends to the stretchers (before bed brackets came about), not sure if they were used in Oz though.

Malcolm, where in Moe is Law Somerville industries you mentioned, and what sort of business is it? We go up there occasionally to visit the in laws and I'm always looking for somewhere to go & have a sticky beak. I usually check out that yard, I think it's called W4, on Waterloo Road, that bloke has at least one of anything that was ever made I reckon .


Cheers..................Sean

Hello Sean,

>Malcolm, where in Moe is Law Somerville industries you mentioned, and >what sort of business is it?


Go north along Moore St, the road to Erica and Walhalla. It will get a little more industrial. It is on the left with a large “saw” over the building. Building supplies and also build kitchens and cabinets, hence carry a small range of cabinet fittings and can generally source things like marine ply or say a hundred metres of piano hinge or whatever and acts as a collection point for a sharpening service. I don’t want to mislead anyone though, it is not a large hardware shop nor does it stock Lie Nielsen stuff.

If your nose is well attuned you may notice just over the road Moe timber supplies, they may be worth a sticky.

>We go up there occasionally to visit the in laws and I'm always looking >for somewhere to go & have a sticky beak. I usually check out that yard, >I think it's called W4, on Waterloo Road, that bloke has at least one of >anything that was ever made I reckon .

Yes W4, including, several years ago and perhaps still? in that shed he doesn’t open to the customers any more, a 3 phase jointer that was to my eyes much like an aircraft carrier, except for the floating bit . . .

Malcolm

If it's the shed on the right, I had a look, there is a sort of caged walkway running through it, don't remember seeing any big gear like that in there though.

Saw a big mother of a metalworking machine in one of the sheds on the left, it was for punching holes, slots, etc in steel and some other functions I don't remember, was reading the capacities on the spec plate - awesome - bloody huge machine though.

Thanks for the info on Law Somerville & Moe Timber, will have a gander when next up there. The L.S. place sounds a bit like Pakenham Joinery here in, er, Pakenham , they do a little bit of retail of cabinet fittings, hinges, etc also


Cheers.............Sean