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Wood screw with wing nut on other end?

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#1 · (Edited)
What do you call them?

I need it for easy removal of a false door on the end of a hot tub enclosure to get at the controls and pump for servicing without having to unscrew all the screws everytime. Thought 4 wingnuts would be much easier taking on and off.

I know I have seen this type of bolt before but can't think of the name of them.
 
#3 ·
no, what I'm looking for would have wood threads on one end to go into the wood frame and other end of bolt would have regular threads that a wingnut could screw on and off on................all on the same straight bolt like screw.

That way I could take the door off by just taking the wing nuts off and the bolt like screw stays in the wooden frame.
 
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#6 ·
take 2 nuts on each...tighten them up tight togaather at any spot.....use the last nut to turn into a small predrilled hole..this hole makes it easy to tighten & guides it in
 
#7 ·
Sounds good, I think I will leave the 2 nuts on the very end and I will be able to use a rachet wrench to screw them in.
 
#9 ·
The 2 Nuts won't stay on the end, they screw all the way down to the end of the threads and then I can't back them off without unscrewing the wood thread end out.

Since the 2 nuts are going the same way you can't tighten them up against each other. Does that make sense?

Any other ideas how to get the bolt in place before putting the wingnut on.
 
#11 ·
Thanks, I will give it shot in the morning.
 
#14 ·
I see it took a lil more advice to get it done...sometimes a ratchet won't go on the doubled up nutz..
 
#15 ·
Rachet worked fine, I left the 2 nuts on the very end. Worked great!
 
#16 ·
One thought on this without seeing any pictures........

Leaving the hanger bolts in the frame like that when removing the panel leaves a potential for something to get hung up on the exposed end. Could be a good injury source too.

I might be inclined to use Loctite thread locker or something similar to bond the wingnut to the hangar bolt. Maybe even the second nut idea backed up against the wingnut. When you remove the panel, you actually back the whole wingnut/hangar bolt out of the frame.

'Course, for that matter, you could just use a lag bolt and remove/insert with a socket. This isn't any every day thing, right?

I just hate exposed edges for things to get snagged on.
 
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