Commercial flat pack furniture is often joined using special nuts and
bolts.  The nut is  a piece of metal dowel with a threaded hole drilled
at right angles to the axis.  This goes into a hole in a flat panel and
the bolt (usually with an oversize head) goes through another panel
then through a hole drilled in the thickness of the first panel into
the nut

The stength of such a joint always surprises me.   Does anyone know
where I can buy such fixings?

Dave

"dcbwhaley"  wrote in message 
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> Commercial flat pack furniture is often joined using special nuts and
> bolts.  The nut is  a piece of metal dowel with a threaded hole drilled
> at right angles to the axis.  This goes into a hole in a flat panel and
> the bolt (usually with an oversize head) goes through another panel
> then through a hole drilled in the thickness of the first panel into
> the nut
>
> The stength of such a joint always surprises me.   Does anyone know
> where I can buy such fixings?
>
> Dave
>

From memory I think Screwfix retail such items. Whether they sell that 
precise item remains for you to discover but worth a look I would think.

Regards

Pilgarlick

"dcbwhaley"  wrote in message
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> Commercial flat pack furniture is often joined using special nuts and
> bolts.  The nut is  a piece of metal dowel with a threaded hole drilled
> at right angles to the axis.  This goes into a hole in a flat panel and
> the bolt (usually with an oversize head) goes through another panel
> then through a hole drilled in the thickness of the first panel into
> the nut
>
> The stength of such a joint always surprises me.   Does anyone know
> where I can buy such fixings?
>
> Dave
>

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Look here: http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/cat.jsp?ts=61100&id=101697

Cic.

"dcbwhaley"  wrote in news:1125856969.443977.308040
@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:


> Commercial flat pack furniture is often joined using special nuts and
> bolts.  The nut is  a piece of metal dowel with a threaded hole drilled
> at right angles to the axis.  This goes into a hole in a flat panel and
> the bolt (usually with an oversize head) goes through another panel
> then through a hole drilled in the thickness of the first panel into
> the nut
> 
> The stength of such a joint always surprises me.   Does anyone know
> where I can buy such fixings?
> 


Try:
<https://www.isaaclord.co.uk/>

-- 
Rod

Don't know if they have exactly what you need but they do have a lot if 
useful stuff
http://www.comdir.co.uk/

Also, you can order a free catalogue, useful if you know what something 
looks like but don't know what it's called :)

Thank y'all.   Knowing that they are called dowel nuts is a great help.
  I thought they were called barrel nuts.  Screwfix have several other
usefull looking fastners too.
Thanks again.

Dave

In message , 
dcbwhaley  writes

>Commercial flat pack furniture is often joined using special nuts and
>bolts.  The nut is  a piece of metal dowel with a threaded hole drilled
>at right angles to the axis.  This goes into a hole in a flat panel and
>the bolt (usually with an oversize head) goes through another panel
>then through a hole drilled in the thickness of the first panel into
>the nut
>
>The stength of such a joint always surprises me.   Does anyone know
>where I can buy such fixings?
>

I'd try Iassc lords or Woodfit.

<https://www.isaaclord.co.uk/>

<http://www.woodfit.com/>

-- 
Chris French

On 4 Sep 2005 11:02:49 -0700, "dcbwhaley"  wrote:

| Commercial flat pack furniture is often joined using special nuts and
| bolts.  The nut is  a piece of metal dowel with a threaded hole drilled
| at right angles to the axis.  This goes into a hole in a flat panel and
| the bolt (usually with an oversize head) goes through another panel
| then through a hole drilled in the thickness of the first panel into
| the nut
| 
| The stength of such a joint always surprises me.   Does anyone know
| where I can buy such fixings?

They rely on the various holes being drilled to quite a fine tolerance (max
error)   Dead easy to do in a factory when producing thousands.
Distinctly tricky making one off.  

-- 
Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk> 
"Intelligent Design?" my knees say *not*.
"Intelligent Design?" my back says *not*.

On 4 Sep 2005 11:02:49 -0700, "dcbwhaley"  wrote:



>
>The stength of such a joint always surprises me.   Does anyone know
>where I can buy such fixings?
>


I got some in B&Q last year. 

Dave