steel frame wall

[Autruche]

Could do it the other way, with the bolt head in the box, and the nuts/lockwashers and whatnot on the outside, sink bolt heads into wood. You could countersink the bolt heads and washers into the wood easier than the nuts and leftover thread.

[uhoh_45]

Could do it the other way, with the bolt head in the box, and the nuts/lockwashers and whatnot on the outside, sink bolt heads into wood. You could countersink the bolt heads and washers into the wood easier than the nuts and leftover thread.

for the side walls i would be doing it like that bolt head inside the box and nut outside where i can get to them from outside

for the top/bottoms i'm thinking having the bolts going from the top and countersinking nuts from bottom side under the wood

i really wont have to use to many bolts to secure the wood

if i were to use only 9 bolts 3 rows of 3 i should be able to keep the wood up to allow glue to dry

[Autruche]

Yeah, that's true, I forgot about the top and bottoms. Then again you could weld nuts on the frames top and bottom and still do the bolts from the inside, just have to put the lock washers on the inside of the box too.

[uhoh_45]

Yeah, that's true, I forgot about the top and bottoms. Then again you could weld nuts on the frames top and bottom and still do the bolts from the inside, just have to put the lock washers on the inside of the box too.

yeah welded nuts to the frame and some bolts going into that would work well too

i dont like lock washers as when you put some heat to them the rubber melts and there ruined

i learned about flexlock nuts which are same as lock nuts but without rubber i believe they have a tapered end which keeps tension on bolt

[Autruche]

This is what I mean when I say lock washer:

Edited June 26, 2011 by Autruche

[uhoh_45]

oh i thought you said lock nut not lock washer my bad

and if boilermaker you see this i'm hoping you chime in with how you did your wall

[dwright27]

I would use carriage bolts and lock washers.

[dwright27]

At least for the first layer, then use screws and glue for the layers after that.

[uhoh_45]

I would use carriage bolts and lock washers.

fuck didnt even think of carriage bolts on the side walls would work great but not so much for top and bottom/ back it would be a bitch to do

[dwright27]

Use carriage bolts for sides, and hex head nuts on the tops and bottoms. Regardless, steel isn't cheap, might as well get a good bolt setup going ya know?