T Nut ?

[Kracken McGraw]

I am going to install a forearm pic rail to a laminated stock, and have read the older post here on how to drill the extra hole to do so. My question is on the three little tabs on the bottom of the t-nut, they seem a little too long to pull down in stock enough for the nut to bottom out in the drilled hole. Do you alter these tabs or put bedding under the nut or something? Thanks for any advice!

 

[paperpuncher]

I use the type without the spikes on them. I just epoxy the tnut in place. You could simply trim down the spikes if they are too long

 

[Kracken McGraw]

I use the type without the spikes on them. I just epoxy the tnut in place. You could simply trim down the spikes if they are too long

Thank You!
I was hoping that might be the case. These came with a McMillan pic rail and I don’t see how they would ever pull down in the hard wood enough to bottom it out.

 

[joshb]

Tap the nut into the wood to mark their locations and drill it out with an 1/8” bit or smaller. Trim the spikes if you’re worried they’re too long. Epoxy them in place.

 

[Rob01]

Here is an install video for Tnuts which makes it pretty easy to figure out.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated!

 

[338 dude]

I am going to install a forearm pic rail to a laminated stock, and have read the older post here on how to drill the extra hole to do so. My question is on the three little tabs on the bottom of the t-nut, they seem a little too long to pull down in stock enough for the nut to bottom out in the drilled hole. Do you alter these tabs or put bedding under the nut or something? Thanks for any advice!

On my manners stock it looks like they just flattened them out

 

[Rob01]

On my manners stock it looks like they just flattened them out

No they are embedded in the stock. Watch the video above and you can see they are hammered in place.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Well, job accomplished!