Swivel Joint for Wood Project

Like bifold door hardware? Maybe? Tom Someday, it'll all be over....

If you put a metal strap on each side of the board you can use a bolt that goes through the wood and both straps. A conventional lock washer should help hold the wood so it will not loosen.

Dick

But how would I make a hole that is 5 inches long? And would MDF be strong enough for that?

Thanks.

Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.

Saw the board in half along the axis of rotation. Using a 1/4 core box bit in your router table, route into the sawn edge. Edge-glue the pieces back together.

You might consider running metal tubing while gluing back together. Glue with epoxy.

Sorry, I initially thought you were making holes through the thickness of the wood.

I would be confident in making a hole through the 5" length. I would use a drill press with a milling cutter. I could cut more than 3" from either end and the holes would align very accurately. The milling cutter will have less wander than a conventional drill bit. Most of the metal mill bits are short but the ones for wood are long enough.

Dick

There are pieces that fit like a 'U' shape over the edge, with a tongue that hangs out. then you bolt _through_ the MDF(or whatever) from one side to the other. Lock-washer/ LOC-TITE / whatever, to keep the bolts from working loose.

As I mentioned the axis will be at one end of the board, so that wouldn't work.

Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.

I have no idea what that is.

Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.

Aren't there "cups" that one can place inside of pre-drilled holes for something like this project?

Thanks.

Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.