Chris Styles wrote:
Hi,

I want to be able to bolt things down to my workbench easily using
bolts with plastic moulded "wheel" handles. I don't have access to
the underside of the bench because of the way it is made, so I'm not
able to use pronged tee's :


http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/sea/...nid=3VSMNPAIHJ
1KICSTHZOSFFY?_dyncharset=UTF-8&howMany=15&searchText=12749-80

So, what I want is a small 22m^2 plate that I can recess into the
bench and screw down from the top, where the plate has a threaded
hole in the middle, maybe even a back nut or threaded sleeve behind
it.

Does anything like this exist? If so what are they called and where
would I get some?

It's not an insurmountable problem, but if there is a "thing" that
already exists, so much the better...

Cheers
Chris

1/8" Alluminium plate about 2" square with an 1/2" hole drilled in the
center,with a drill/router cut an hole in the bench about the same diameter
of the bolt you intend to use? drop the bolt into the hole,put plate over
the nut and screw it down in all 4 corners of the plate.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite