Thread: I need To Reduce The Thickness Of My Nuts

I've solved it! There were some very tiny nuts already on there that can be taken off, and then I get the depth that I need! Silly me!

Pincho your mailbox is full, you need to delete some mail !

Don't know if you have already done the job but if I was doing this I would find a piece of metal (steel) and screw it to a block of wood as in the sketch, hold the wood block in a vice or clamp it to the benchtop - drop the nuts one at a time into the hole - run a file over the nut until you hit the steel plate, rinse repeat until all nuts are done.

In scratch building a guitar amp a short while back part of the process was making the turret boards to hold the components - I ordered the wrong size turrets and needed to reduce the length by 1.5mm - I found an old bit of steel plate drilled a hole to take the turret and ran a file over each one until I hit the steel plate, approx 140 turrets, it was tedious and repetitive but I had it done in around 30mins.

Originally Posted by Michael G

Don't use a grinder. The aluminium can clog the wheel and then heat up, causing the wheel to crack (or explode). Use a linisher if you wish to reduce the thickness.

Michael

well thats what they say. i think its fine to grind some softer materal. dont allow the the wheel to become extreamly loaded. ether dress or grind a hard material.
aaron