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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.
Beginner
Twenty minutes each
Instructions
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1
Read the Boy Mechanic
Read the Boy Mechanic
"A hole was drilled through opposite corners of each nut and a staple made of wire riveted in the holes."
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2
Drill the corners
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.)
Materials for this step:
Hex Nut1 pieceTools needed:
Bench Vise
Hand Drill3
3
Bend the staple
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.
Materials for this step:
Iron Wire1 pieceTools needed:
Flat-Nose Pliers
Hacksaw4
4
Rivet it
Rivet it
Push the staple legs through the holes and rivet the ends over on the underside of the nut.
Tools needed:
HammerBench Vise5
5
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Wing nut troubleshooting.
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History and honest limits
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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