Found: HF 8x12 compound angle set screws...

[Tekno_Cowboy]

I guess I don't know my own strength, I managed to strip the 2 nuts/bolts that hold the compound at the angle I want it at.

Does anyone know where I can find higher quality replacements?

 

[LukeA]

Re: HF 8x12 compound angle set screws...

McMaster probably.

 

[Tekno_Cowboy]

Re: HF 8x12 compound angle set screws...

Thanks! I'll have to peruse their catalogue later :thumbsup:

 

[Mirage_Man]

Re: HF 8x12 compound angle set screws...

I don't know if you have an Ace Hardware near you but the one close to me carries an awful lot of bolts, nuts screws etc...

 

[Tekno_Cowboy]

Re: HF 8x12 compound angle set screws...

The Ace hardware doesn't have much of a selection, but the new Runnings might have something I can use.

 

[Tekno_Cowboy]

Re: HF 8x12 compound angle set screws...

Found a solution

A pair of 1/4-20 square nuts and a pair of (soon to be 3/4") SST 1/4-20 machine screws, and I'm back in business, with a better feel and clamp than before :thumbsup:

 

[darkzero]

So what is on the other end? For the stock hardware is it just a stud in a threaded hole? If yes I'd like to remove the studs & just use a hex head bolt (not button type though). I don't like how the nut will touch the gib adjustment screws if a corner of the nut is sticking out.

 

[Tekno_Cowboy]

Instead of the "special" stud it came with, I put square nuts in the slot. The hex nut is just a spacer until I can get to town and pick up some 3/4" bolts. Either a standard or button bolt should work, and since they're both round, they give a fair amount more clearance from the gib adjustment screws than stock. I'm probably going to pick up the straight rather than the button tops though, that way if I slip with the t-wrench, I can still use a pliers to get them out.

 

[darkzero]

I see. Thanks for the info. Yeah regular hex heads would be best. Button top hex heads aren't good for higher torque (very easy to strip) but they do look good.

 

[Tekno_Cowboy]

Pretty much any setup like this makes a bit more sense to me than the stock setup, and it looks nicer IMHO.

 

[jhanko]

Re: HF 8x12 compound angle set screws...

Found a solution

A pair of 1/4-20 square nuts and a pair of (soon to be 3/4") SST 1/4-20 machine screws, and I'm back in business, with a better feel and clamp than before :thumbsup:

Are you sure that the original threads are 1/4"-20? I can't imagine the chinese using imperial thread hardware, but anything's possible...

Edit: Nevermind, I just re-read and noticed you put 1/4"-20 square nuts on the bottom..

 

[Tekno_Cowboy]

Re: HF 8x12 compound angle set screws...

Are you sure that the original threads are 1/4"-20? I can't imagine the chinese using imperial thread hardware, but anything's possible...

Edit: Nevermind, I just re-read and noticed you put 1/4"-20 square nuts on the bottom..

I highly doubt that the original threads are 1/4"-20. The thing is though, I replaced the bolts and the nuts, because I couldn't find the same type of bolt that came with it. So now there's a nut on the bottom, and a bolt on top, not the opposite it came as.