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Neat Cam Lock Stud

5/18/2017

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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.
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Melanie Courcelles
5/6/2021 15:21:43

Do you know where I could buy these individually?

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