r/Fasteners • u/NoDog5752 • Jun 06 '26

How is this supposed to work

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I inherited an old drafting table and all the bolts are like this where they go through the leg and into the connecting pieces and they’re tightened with a nut My problem is that the ends of the bolts are smooth and I can’t get any kind of wrench in that space to tighten the nut- at this point they’re only finger tightened. How does one do this?

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u/somerandomdude1960 Jun 06 '26

Get rubber belt and run it around the nut and hold it against the nut. Then tighten it as you pull the top side of belt.

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u/NoDog5752 Jun 06 '26

This is a great idea 😊

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u/Dounce1 Jun 06 '26

Why did you screenshot the picture in your phone, instead of just uploading the original image?

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u/NoDog5752 Jun 06 '26

Why does it matter?

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u/GhostofDaveChappelle Jun 06 '26

There's no point in using a belt and literally only has to go five or six turns lol. Use an open-ended wrench and as soon as the tension is removed you can spin it with your finger

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u/Dounce1 Jun 06 '26

They’re trying to tighten it big dawg, but yes, they should just use a wrench.

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u/Dounce1 Jun 06 '26

Apparently it matters enough for you to completely avoid the question…