Cole2534
Diamond
- Joined
- Sep 10, 2010
- Location
- Oklahoma City, OK
I have a customer wanting a very low profile mounting option (not showing on the front side, and very minimal on the rear) and we originally spec'd screws going into weld nuts but they visually stand out too much. I was cruising McMaster and I found pre-colored rivets and they would work perfectly but the rivets can't protrude through the front surface so I was wondering if there was such a thing as a weld-nut, but the opposite.
In my mind, this is a piece of weldable rod with a counterbore on one side and then a 3/16" thruhole. Weld the C/B'd side to the item and then pass the rivet through the hole, pop it, and ta da. A tube nut would work in a pinch, but I need these 50-100 at a time so $1/ea is more than I'd like to pay.
Obviously I could make these, but surely they're cheaper elsewhere should an item exist. And if they don't exist, I'm going to post an RFQ in the MFG forum.
In my mind, this is a piece of weldable rod with a counterbore on one side and then a 3/16" thruhole. Weld the C/B'd side to the item and then pass the rivet through the hole, pop it, and ta da. A tube nut would work in a pinch, but I need these 50-100 at a time so $1/ea is more than I'd like to pay.
Obviously I could make these, but surely they're cheaper elsewhere should an item exist. And if they don't exist, I'm going to post an RFQ in the MFG forum.