While assembling a flat pack desk, I found this really neat cam lock studs. Most of the connections in IKEA-type furniture uses cam lock screws and nuts. So for IKEA lock screws, the blue part here would be threaded, and there would be a recess for a Phillips head screwdriver on the stud end. This stud, on the other hand, uses a taper to to expand the blue sleeve as it's pulled.
I don't know whether the radial compressive load into the particle board will hurt anything, but it's gotta be higher than the induced radial load from threads.
The problems one might encounter in use are probably that these will not pull two faying surfaces into intimate contact, which a regular IKEA threaded stud will do. Provided the surfaces are already in contact, these should work pretty well.
I don't know whether the radial compressive load into the particle board will hurt anything, but it's gotta be higher than the induced radial load from threads.
The problems one might encounter in use are probably that these will not pull two faying surfaces into intimate contact, which a regular IKEA threaded stud will do. Provided the surfaces are already in contact, these should work pretty well.
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