Wood Rail Bolts

[Kim Dawson]

Just got through reading how to make wood rails and all the problems people are having getting the original type bolts for mounting them.
Question: from what I saw on one post, the back bolts are rounded torx and the front are flat torx. Is this correct? I would have thought they
would all match. I only have two long rounded torx bolts that came with a bunch of bolts I bought on ebay. Unless someone has come up with a
source for these, I'm planning on using shorter ones and having threads from a longer bolt welded onto them. It's not a head bolt. I think
that should be strong enough for side boards.

And in the writeup on making the wood brackets/blocks for the back of the sideboards, it says to use a 7/8" bit for the holes. I'm figureing this
is a typo and it should be 7/16" for the 3/8" bolts unless for some reason there is some major flexing going on and those large holes are to
allow movement to keep the wood from splitting. What would be the correct size hole for the blocks?

You guys always come up with the answers. Thanks.

 

[bobbysjeep]

Not sure what you're asking for. I have a set did I can pull some measurements off of if that will help.

 

[Kim Dawson]

On one of the posts about the bolts the pictures showed torx round headed bolts and torx cheese head (flat tops) bolts. Which is correct? Or did one type get used for front and one for rear? Apparently the front ones are 5/16" and the rear ones are 3/8". I even found a few in my misc bolts that have another style head . . . closer to the rounded style but a little lower and they taper down to a thin edge around the head of the bolt. These still have some white nylon washers on them. Just wanting to know which ones are correct for the wood side rails.

 

[mysunnshine]

Sent from my SCH-I545

 

[Kim Dawson]

Thanks guys. That clears it up for me. Low taper round head torx in the rear, and cheese head torx in the front.