T-nuts or huricane nuts

[Bob345 39]

Ok, I just want to know some of your guys experiences with t-nuts or huricain nuts, wich ones hold better? The screws I am using are not holding well in mdf so I need to get somthing stronger

[Sir-Lancelot 216]

Hurricane nuts are better. T nuts are a pain in the ass and dont really bite into MDF very well.

[Bob345 39]

Hurricane nuts are better. T nuts are a pain in the ass and dont really bite into MDF very well.

Thanks! Il be geting some soon

[karpowr 0]

Hurricane nuts are better. T nuts are a pain in the ass and dont really bite into MDF very well.

I found out the the same..I picked up my hurricane nuts from parts express and also got some nice bolts to go along with them too.

[95Honda 486]

I have been impressed with the Hurricane nuts. Especially with smaller drivers like 8" or smaller where they are mounted very close to the edge, they don't blow out the MDF.

They are strong also, I use the 1/4-20 for all my big subs and torqure the shit out of them without issue....

[Julian 641]

Make sure you glue over them when you're done.. You don't want to have to take a hammer to your enclosure

[95Honda 486]

That's weird, I have used maybe 3 or 400 of these without glue and never had a failure...

[Julian 641]

That's weird, I have used maybe 3 or 400 of these without glue and never had a failure...

Precaution?

Never know.. some things can go wrong.

[Adrian_D 520]

I have been impressed with the Hurricane nuts. Especially with smaller drivers like 8" or smaller where they are mounted very close to the edge, they don't blow out the MDF.

They are strong also, I use the 1/4-20 for all my big subs and torqure the shit out of them without issue....

Mike, are the 1/4-20 hurricane nuts compatible with some metric thread ?

[95Honda 486]

M6/M4 might match up, I will check...

If you want a few bags of 1/4-20 Nuts and socket head cap screws, I'll just order you some and mail them to you from here.... I don't think it would cost much at all really...

[95Honda 486]

They won't match up...

[Adrian_D 520]

M6/M4 might match up, I will check...

If you want a few bags of 1/4-20 Nuts and socket head cap screws, I'll just order you some and mail them to you from here.... I don't think it would cost much at all really...

I noticed the nuts are cheap from PE. Guess I'll PM you so we don't clutter the thread.

Thanks !

[bobonit 5]

H'mmm, I've always used T-Nuts, never heard of hurricane nuts. Those look pretty cool, I'll have to try them out.

[edouble101 314]

These are my favorite

[helotaxi 46]

Those are fine as long as you have the room for them to thread into. Don't work as well on the margin. Nice thing about the hurricane nuts is that you are still trying to compress the wood when you tighten them down. You'll break the bolt before they pull through.