How I Do My T-Nuts For Iwb Loops

[dickf]

They always look nice when sandwiched like that, but what happens if a customer cross-threads them? It's for this reason that I make mine accessible/visible from the back side of the holster. Something to think about.

[woodandsteel]

They always look nice when sandwiched like that, but what happens if a customer cross-threads them? It's for this reason that I make mine accessible/visible from the back side of the holster. Something to think about.

Yes, and a very good point! It was for that reason that I used to leave them on the outside. But I made one, once, with them sewn in, and it looks so much cleaner, to me, I have a hard time going back. I do worry about a customer stripping a T-nut, but I'll take that chance. I think I could replace one with a fairly clean looking fix, but I haven't tried.

[malabar]

What i do is i put a SMALL amount of DAP contact cement on the threads, and screw it in... it gives it just enough bit to stop it from backing out, but at the same time its not strong enough to never be able to get it back out again. Have not had any bad feedback from customers on this subject yet.

Im currently in Deltona visiting my parents, what part of central florida are you in?

I'm down in Palm Bay, below Melbourne on the East Coast.

tk

[malabar]

Someone asked about the screws. I use 6-32 stainless steel screws in mine. They're obscenely expensive from the local hardware store. But I discovered that I could get them in bulk for Daytona Nut and Bolt, a local supplier, for about 6 cents apiece, if I bought them 100 at a time. Same thing with t-nuts -- they're 25-40 cents each at the local hardware store. Daytona didn't stock them, but they special ordered them for me. I had to buy 1,000 -- but the cost was only $47 or 4.7 cents each.

tk