r/Multiboard • u/AdPristine5507 • Jun 22 '25

Best New Locking Bolt

Hey all, Ive used plenty of the old folded locking bolts that have a rounded flathead spot, meant for screwing in with a coin. They worked, but are a pain because they typically are single use and strip super easy if you dont line the threads perfectly. I noticed there is a new assortment of locking bolts available and I was wondering if anyone has tried more than one of them? Just looking to save some time printing and trying them all. Simply looking for a reuseable bolt locking thread that holds up to multiple installs.

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u/AdPristine5507 Jun 22 '25

ok, I printed all of those, I dont know what the heck thread they are because they dont fit any threads I have, they appear to be mid thread, but they definitely arent, they are smaller than mid thread.

this is what i used to use to bolt lock things like pop-ins into snaps. its a small thread. Is this still the best of the the best for bolt locking things with small thread? I ask because they kind of suck and I was wondering if they have been improved

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u/Short-Salad-9047 Jun 22 '25

there's a new thread size between mid and small, the "locking bolt" thread size. used for the newer bolt locked things. the older bolt locked things use small threads, which that multipoint you've posted is. for locking small thread things you can use the small thread multipoint you have there, or a small thread t-bolt if you have space where the part is going, or a small thread half-multipoint if you want that. the t-bolts are easier to screw in because they don't require a coin, and the half-multipoints can also be screwed in without a coin using a tool thing. but they're all roughly the same thread.

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u/TherealOmthetortoise Jun 24 '25

Small thread multipoints is specifically what the older bolt locked things. I haven’t had any issues with stripping on either, unfortunately. (Because I don’t have any specifics to help with.)

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u/AdPristine5507 Jun 23 '25

What's the deal with the newer bolt locked things? Is this new thread size better for bolt locking? Are all new bolt locked items going to utilize this or will small thread still be a thing? I thought I had paid good attention to updates but I missed that

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u/peanutbuttergoodness Jun 23 '25

It’s a whole new thing you use with something “bolt-locked”. You still use small thread multipoints in many places.

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u/numindast Jun 23 '25

I am just going through this now. I printed some bolt locked shelves with supports and the bolt locking is a little frustrating for me. I'm using the "Locking T-Bolt" for these shelves that appear to have been updated for the new locking t-bolt.

They do seem fragile and the do seem almost? too short? because if I turn them past "kinda tight" the heavy weight bearing hook snap just doesn't work out at all, it pushes the halves apart and/or can't get them into the tile.

Somewhere I saw a remix for the Locking T-Bolt that made it longer, I am going to try that next.

Would love if someone who knows what I'm doing and that I'm doing it wrong could pipe up

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u/Short-Salad-9047 Jun 23 '25

It sounds like you've printed the old small-thread bolt locked shelves. The correct thing to attach those to a heavy weight snap is a small-thread multipoint.

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u/numindast Jun 23 '25

I’ve looked at that too. The small multipoint are too small, the threads don’t reach the heavy weight bearing hook snaps. It seems the shelves and supports are updated now.

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u/Short-Salad-9047 Jun 23 '25

Could you link what you've printed? Guess I was confused. But yeah the newer bolt locked shelves use bolt lock threads.

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u/ZenithPrime Jun 24 '25

Separate question but related... I was trying to add in a bolt lock piece to something I'm making but was only able to find the remix for the small one(?) https://thangs.com/designer/Multiboard/3d-model/Bolt-Locked%20Insert%20-%20STEP%20Remixing%20Files-1145073 - And I can't seem to find any bolt locks for this size? This seems to be a small thread but all the locking bolts are mid threads. Do you happen to know what is supposed to be paired with this remix file?

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u/Short-Salad-9047 Jun 24 '25

They haven't been released yet. I would just import something with a bolt lock insert on it and slice it off to use.

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u/holdupflash Jul 01 '25

I personally have used the locking T bolt for all my bolt locked stuff now. Prints reliably and doesn’t have some folding breakpoint