On 26 Jan 2004 12:28:18 -0800, (Chris) wrote:

I'm looking for a specialty nut that I haven't yet been able to find
and was hoping that someone out there knew where I could either get
one or a trustworthy company where I could have them made.

The nut that I'm looking for is similar to a washer nut (basically
looks like a nut with a washer attached to it, or you can think of it
as a nut with a large flange), but its got a "washer" on either end so
it looks more like a spool. In addition, the nut itself shouldn't be
a hex, it should be a smooth cylinder. In this way, it looks like a
rivet nut with two washers on either end.

More specifically, I need it to fit a standard 3/8" bolt, it should be
stainless steel, and it should only be 5/16" tall from end to end (the
"washer" ends should be 1/16" each, so the spool would be 3/16").

If anyone has seen anything like this or knows where one can be made,
let me know.

Thanks,

Chris

Sounds like a fast job for a turret lathe with a crosslide.

Gunner

"As physicists now know, there is some nonzero probability that any object will,
through quantum effects, tunnel from the workbench in your shop to Floyds Knobs,
Indiana (unless your shop is already in Indiana, in which case the object will
tunnel to Trotters, North Dakota).
The smaller mass of the object, the higher the probability.
Therefore, disassembled parts, particularly small ones,
of machines disappear much faster than assembled machines."
Greg Dermer: rec.crafts.metalworking