Split Nut

[Crusty]

The only problem I had with making them is milling off the wrong side on the second cut. I had to go to the hardware store twice more than should have been required.

Some quality time with needle files is also required to get them operating smoothly.

[Jon]

Congratulations Crusty - your Split Nut is the Homemade Tool of the Week!

This was a very busy week, but this is a clear winner. Simple, clever, useful, and anyone can make one.

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Rifle Brass Annealer by Crusty

tags: heat treatment

Blanchard Grinder by Crusty

tags: grinding, mill

Split Nut by Crusty

tags: clamp, adjustable

[katy]

You could have used one of these, they've been around for years: https://www.mcmaster.com/slip-on-nuts

[racardon]

I'm guessing you cross drilled a clearance hole through the coupler first. Then milled the appropriate portions of the sides away. I like the idea of a washer with a recess, too. Looks like a very handy setup.

[genempls]

I think I've met some of them.

I guess I should have mentioned that the end which bears against something else goes into a washer with a short recess bored to prevent the nut from flipping outward and disengaging from the threads. As soon as pressure is off the nut then it can be opened and moved.

I have looked at this a dozen times and could see the principal.. so I spent a half hour of my life to make one- took a bit of drilling and rattail file work to make functional but then I wondered how to keep it engaged. So thanks for your comment- I love creative minds and you, Sir, have one. Gene

[CharlesWaugh]

One can also weld this up from two half-nuts.
I'm thinking of a vise that has a lever on the side that engage and disengages this 'flip nut' so one can quickly move the dynamic jaw.
Trickery, trickery!

Thanks!