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yes it will be OKquestion did you buy from RDG as RDG or from Myford as RDGThese Are OK and will fit I know because I have a sethttp://myford.co.uk/acatalog/CLAMPING_AND_WORK_HOLDING.htmlfourth Item downBut he its not a big job to make them , I got a set because the mill was set up for a long ( in time ) job and I needed some in a hurry like yesterdayStuart
A bit of a bummer, this. I was thinking about t nut strips today (strangely enough), and thought that perhaps RDG sold them. I know that they do with their Myford hat on, but they're pricey. There was a bloke on eBay.au that was making them, but I haven't noticed his presence lately. There have been many threads on the Model Engineer site regarding 'fit for purpose', this would fit in well. I'd contact them and just say they don't fit. I'd also file them to fit, milling would be better. It's important that the faces of the t-nut that contact the undersides of the slot when pulled tight are flat and perpendicular to the thread. You could do this by cutting the appropriate thread on a bit of metal held in the chuck, screwing the nut on, then turning it down till the correct depth is reached.Hugh.
Have you got a link to the set? the only ones I can see that are mentioned for the Myford are the bolts with the rounded tees, or nuts on their Myford page. The 3/8" threaded individual nuts or clamp sets that I can see don't say for Myford.J
One problem with taking a bit off the bottom is that the nuts are threaded so the bolt/stud will not screw right through, this stopps them getting wedged up against the underside of teh tee slot, you really need to reduce the upper surfaces.The Myford tee slots are shallower than the average 3/8" wide slot that the kits are made for which RDG should have known.J
They are quite a nice design though in that the upper surface is undercut to minimise the bending off the T-slot lips - so I'd say take off the bottom to preserve this feature.