Goto catalog page 3103 or just type “elevator bolts” in the search form on the left side of the page.
Funny this topic came up today. I just came up from my cellar after installing 3/8" X 2.5" T Nuts and carridge bolts into 6 4"x4" legs for a new work bench. Using 3/4" MDF and 3/16 tempered hardboard for the top. I just used a square with a 45 degree angle on it to center a hole in a jig out of a scrap piece of 4x4 2" thick. Drilled a 3/8" hole and clamped it temp. to the bottom of the leg. Drilled with a drill press so it’s nice and plumb with leg. All I did was use the 3/8 bit to widen the hole a little for the barrel of the T Nut with my hand drill, battery powered of course. The carridge bolt turn freely with fingers after installed. Concrete floors are notorious for having dips and high spots, never saw a level one. Even the one finished with a whirly bird, they do come out like glass with the machine tho.
Asked the guy at HD if they had T Nuts, he said he been in the hardware bisiness for 45 years “Never heard of em”, I took one out of my pocket, “Never saw one of those”, he said???
WWW.boltdepot.com if you live in the NorthEast. They got em to me overnite UPS ground from Brockton MA.
Jules
I’m an NTRAK’er on nights and weekends. You’ll need more than 1/8 -1/4 adjustment for settling into carpet and pad. Readjustment will also be needed as the settling will take awhile.
Daytime, I’m in the carpet business.
Well, my store knew what Tee nuts were and had some but never heard of elevator bolts. I’m off to the sites you guys have recommended to me if my local hardware stores don’t satisfy.
I sure do miss the Mom and Pop stores of my youth where people who worked in the trades owned and operated them.
It’s interesting to hear and see the different approaches people take for their heigth adjustments.
My next questions is: Is typical lumber store lumber as incredibly knotty as Home Depot/Lowes lumber is?