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Wing Nut from an Ordinary Nut and a Riveted Wire Staple (Boy Mechanic, 1915)
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Wing Nut from an Ordinary Nut and a Riveted Wire Staple (Boy Mechanic, 1915)

A thumb-turned nut of any size you need: drill through two opposite corners of an ordinary nut and rivet in a wire staple that stands up as a handle, high enough to clear the bolt end.
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Twenty minutes each

Amabwiriza

1

Read the Boy Mechanic

"A hole was drilled through opposite corners of each nut and a staple made of wire riveted in the holes."
2

Drill the corners

Hold the nut in a vise and drill a small hole through each of two opposite corners, parallel to the bolt hole. (His sketch shows a square nut; using a hex nut is ours.)

Ibikoresho by'iyi ntambwe:

Umupira w'Impande EsheshatuUmupira w'Impande Esheshatu1 igice

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Ifatiro ry'AmezaIfatiro ry'Ameza
Igikoresho cyo gutobora gikoreshwa n'intokiIgikoresho cyo gutobora gikoreshwa n'intoki
3

Bend the staple

Bend a piece of stiff wire into a U-shaped staple whose legs fit the holes and whose loop stands high enough to clear the end of the bolt.

Ibikoresho by'iyi ntambwe:

Urusinga rw'icyumaUrusinga rw'icyuma1 igice

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Ipfundo Rifite Umunwa UringaniyeIpfundo Rifite Umunwa Uringaniye
Umucumita w'IbyumaUmucumita w'Ibyuma
4

Rivet it

Push the staple legs through the holes and rivet the ends over on the underside of the nut.

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

InyundoInyundo
Ifatiro ry'AmezaIfatiro ry'Ameza
5

Troubleshooting

Wing nut troubleshooting.

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History and honest limits

From **The Boy Mechanic, Book 2** (Popular Mechanics, 1915), p. 182, by Clarence L. Orcutt (checked on the archive.org scan boymechanicbook200chic2). No sizes are given; the tools are ours.

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