Nigel...very sweet (KISS) solution...one question: Why castellated nuts
rather than nylocs?
Also.. What material(s) did you use for your "discs" and "saddles"?
Fred
On Monday, June 25, 2007, at 03:29 AM, Nigel Graham wrote:
> To support the torque tube and prevent it distorting, 15mm wide
> cross-drilled discs are inserted into TP4 at each of the four stations.
> To spread the clamping load over a larger surface, "saddle blocks"
> (profiled
> to mate with the OD of TP9 and TP12) are fitted under the bolt head and
> castellated nut.
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