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Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @Jukie78. It's great to have you join us, and many thanks for your question about installing Adoored table legs.
I'm sorry to hear that installing your Adoored legs into the leg plates is proving difficult. As you've mentioned, a mounting board can be used. Alternatively, you can cut the threaded sections down, so they don't hit the tabletop.
You'll find the reasoning for the longer threaded bolt is that if you're using the T-nuts for the bottom of a cabinet, the threaded section must be long enough to pass through the bottom of the cabinet and reach the T-nut.
I suspect the benchtop has warped due to humidity instead of the minor adjustment you've made by drilling holes. Once the panel has acclimatised, I'd suggest re-installing the legs as you had them. Have a look at the discussion from @Bobnotabuilder on How to prevent Acacia desk from bowing?.
Please let me know if you have questions.
Mitchell
Hello @Jukie78
I suggest using the T-Nuts as these are designed for furniture legs. The Taskmaster M6 x 13mm Screw-In Insert Nut Flat Surfaces is designed to join furniture surfaces together. As for the bowing of your benchtop, I suggest putting a sealer on it once you've fixed the bowing. Moisture is the number one enemy of unsealed timber as it enters and leaves it dries off the fibres within and contracts to create that bowing effect.
If you need further assistance, please let us know.
Eric
Hello @jennig
In order to cut the threaded section, you'll need to use a Trojan 300mm Tubular Hack Saw. But before cutting, I suggest screwing the loose plate onto the leg. You will now see how far the threaded section goes past the plate. Mark the threaded section with a black marker where it's supposed to be cut.
Leave the plate attached as you cut the excess off. Once you have cut the threaded section slowly unscrew the plate off the threaded post. The plate will repair the thread of the bolt so that you can screw it back on, repeat the process for the other legs.
Please make sure to use personal protection such as gloves, goggles, and a dust mask when working on your table.
Let me call on our experienced members @TedBear and @JoeAzza for their recommendations.
If you have any other questions we can help with, please let us know.
Eric
Hi @jennig,
I thought I'd also mention that if your piece of wood is thick enough, you can drill some corresponding holes into the bottom of it so the threads recess inside them. If this works, you can avoid cutting all the threads down.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Mitchell
