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Captive nuts are the glue that holds the wings and other parts to the tub. Dave Von Wald offered his services and his machine shop to help make them as a Sunday project. Captive nuts are basically a metal cage that holds a square nut. The nuts may be 5/16 BSF or 1/4 BSF thread.

creating female die
heat treating female cage die
Forming die for captive nut cages
scribing cage blanks
band saw cage blanks
breaking sharp edges
cage blanks ready for stacking and drilling
drilling cage center hole 1
Millling stack of cage crosses
forming cages sm
Center punching caged nut holes 2
Drilling caged nut holes 3
tapping caged nut holes
band sawing caged nuts 2
Story board of cages
a lof of cages

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