Dowel screw etc

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Jacob

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What do you call the dowel screw + nut thing it screws in to and where can you buy them?

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OK found various types:
Nut Wood Insert, Nut Dowel Screw Fixing, Countersunk Barrel Nuts, cross barrel nut
 
Threaded insert, screwfix. Don’t trust the suggested hole size, try various holes and a scrap piece +\- 0.5mm from suggested. Harder wood needs a slightly larger hole or you can snap the insert putting it in.
 
Brilliant! Thanks for replies - spoilt for choice!
 
+1 you want the ones with threads on the outside as well as inside, I get mine from ebay usually.
 
Here's something which could go hand in hand with the use of these things.
Backwards drillbit ala Frank Ford, great for neatly and accurately sinking a hole for the head of suitable bolts, works great in hardwoods, but alas no piccies of that.
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