Arthur Wood
03-09-2008, 12:10 PM
Hi,
I received a Wixey Digital Fence for xmas and am only now getting around to installing it (that says far too much about how little time I've had to get in the shop):(
Following instructions, and using the provided drill bit, I drilled the required holes in the bottom of my unifence. Then, using Wixey's provided, "thread cutting bolts" I started to thread the bolts into the fence. These bolts are obviously cutting threads as they go, so a wrench is needed to get some torque on them. Well, two bolts have broken (leaving the bolt body embedded in the fence!) I'm reluctant to continue (and break the remaining two) until I learn what's going on. Should I use a slightly larger drill bit (which would make sense to me, but not sure why Wixey would have provided one that's too small. (NOTE: many of you may suggest that perhaps I used the smaller (wrong) bit of the two bits that Wixey provide. Nope. I used the larger bit as instructed).
Can these "thread cutting" bolts be bought at a home depot?
Thanks
Art
I received a Wixey Digital Fence for xmas and am only now getting around to installing it (that says far too much about how little time I've had to get in the shop):(
Following instructions, and using the provided drill bit, I drilled the required holes in the bottom of my unifence. Then, using Wixey's provided, "thread cutting bolts" I started to thread the bolts into the fence. These bolts are obviously cutting threads as they go, so a wrench is needed to get some torque on them. Well, two bolts have broken (leaving the bolt body embedded in the fence!) I'm reluctant to continue (and break the remaining two) until I learn what's going on. Should I use a slightly larger drill bit (which would make sense to me, but not sure why Wixey would have provided one that's too small. (NOTE: many of you may suggest that perhaps I used the smaller (wrong) bit of the two bits that Wixey provide. Nope. I used the larger bit as instructed).
Can these "thread cutting" bolts be bought at a home depot?
Thanks
Art