Bed bolts (or rather nuts)

benjus

Hi,

I have a metal framed bed that is missing one of the nuts to receive the bed bolts that hold it all together, and I'm having a lot of trouble finding a replacement.

Unlike the more common bolts that use round cross dowels, these bolts screw into a metal insert that has a square cross-section and an M8 thread. This picture appears to show what I'm looking for: http://delivered2you.co.uk/epages/eshop159039.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/eshop159039/Products/E18

Unfortunately the site above doesn't have any stock. They use the term "block dowel" but that term doesn't seem to be in general use based on a web search.

Any ideas where I might find one?

Thanks,

Ben

diable

I bought some it Robert Dyas a while back.

ormus

ive got some spare ones here in my oddments box.
how many do you need?
pm me your details and ill send em to you, for the PP only.

moonrakerz

Google isn't much help, only has "about 34,500" hits (UK only) !!!

julianashcroft

Loads on ebay.

benjus

moonrakerz wrote: »

Google isn't much help, only has "about 34,500" hits (UK only) !!!

Care to enlighten me? I regard myself as being pretty good at finding things online, so I apologise if I have genuinely posted about something that can be found easily. What did you search for?

However, I found plenty of results for things that are similar but not close enough to what I described in the OP. As I said above, the metal inserts I need are not the same as the round cross dowels which are more commonly found.

benjus

julianashcroft wrote: »

Loads on ebay.

Thanks, but I can't see any that look like the ones on the link I posted above. If you found any, could you post a link?

roger196

Most model engineers have a stock of steel or aluminium offcuts. Find one of the right size or machine it down, then drill and tap M8. If you are near J21 of M1, I am likely to be able to help..no charge ..pm me.

ormus

posted one off today, ben.

moonrakerz

benjus wrote: »

Care to enlighten me? I regard myself as being pretty good at finding things online, so I apologise if I have genuinely posted about something that can be found easily. What did you search for?

Bed bolts ?

benjus

moonrakerz - did you actually read the OP? Other than the same link that I posted in the OP (which is out of stock) I can't see anything in that search that matches the requirements I mentioned.

ormus - thanks again for your help - much appreciated!