Does anyone know the name of this type of bolt?
Posted: January 26th, 2024, 4:04 pm
… if it even exists. I’m sure I remember seeing them sometime in the dim and distant past but maybe I’m imagining it.
I’m trying - and failing - to find a bolt that is essentially a miniature scissor jack something like the following image of a jack that I just found on the internet simply to illustrate this post - https://www.chegg.com/homework-help/que ... -q44935168
I want to build a small contraption which is essentially a wooden sandwich where the “bread” is 2 wooden sheets (plates) separated by probably 4 of such bolts so that I can slide it under something and then open the bolts so that the plates move apart to contact the floor ant the bottom of the object it’s underneath. The challenge is that in its closed (most compact) configuration it can be no more than 7cm high including the thickness of the 2 plates so that means the bolts - or whatever mechanism I end up designing for the “filling” in my sandwich - can’t be more than about 5cm high when closed and ideally smaller since I would prefer to use thicker wood to maximise strength if I have the space to do so.
I have come up with an idea for a home made mechanism but it would be far simpler to find an off-the-shelf part that I could use but so far quite a lot of internet searching hasn’t come up with anything.
- Julian
I’m trying - and failing - to find a bolt that is essentially a miniature scissor jack something like the following image of a jack that I just found on the internet simply to illustrate this post - https://www.chegg.com/homework-help/que ... -q44935168
I want to build a small contraption which is essentially a wooden sandwich where the “bread” is 2 wooden sheets (plates) separated by probably 4 of such bolts so that I can slide it under something and then open the bolts so that the plates move apart to contact the floor ant the bottom of the object it’s underneath. The challenge is that in its closed (most compact) configuration it can be no more than 7cm high including the thickness of the 2 plates so that means the bolts - or whatever mechanism I end up designing for the “filling” in my sandwich - can’t be more than about 5cm high when closed and ideally smaller since I would prefer to use thicker wood to maximise strength if I have the space to do so.
I have come up with an idea for a home made mechanism but it would be far simpler to find an off-the-shelf part that I could use but so far quite a lot of internet searching hasn’t come up with anything.
- Julian