Thursday, July 02, 2009

Bolts

This blurry shot gives some idea of scale, also the horiffic faces pulled while performing even relatively easy tasks. The blocks the piece is stood on are not visible, but they allow acces to the bolts. It is easy to get the things started cross threaded, so my mind is on fealing for a nice smooth start to the operation, there is a spring washer on the bolt and the underside of the foot has a deep recess to stop the bolt coming in contact with the floor. The spring washer should take up any slack when the foot contracts in the new home. The table legs I made employing a similar structure all needed tightening after a month or so as the wood contracted considerably in the drier homes they went to. I have a little ratchet wrench that accepts various heads and the little allen key head is doing the work here.