316L Pilot Projection Weld Nuts

316L would be very difficult, 316L SS is not your usual or typical fastener material for nuts.

you could call Fastenal and see if they can locate them.

and I'm sure you already tried McMaster

Local machine shop might be a place to get these made. It will probably end up costing more than you were initially planning though.

I many have a need for 316 hardware so I did a little searching. Found this in another company's newsletter:

Tim Roberto, Star Stainless Screw National Sales Manager, is the Sphere 1 primary contact. Tim has worked for Star for 20 years; a rookie by Star's standards of long-term employment. Please continue to work with your existing salesperson, or contact Tim if you do not have one and he will provide a sales contact. He may be reached at 800-554-2658 or tim.rj@starstainless.com

Great effort from both of you.

Good example of epitome of CR4

Thanks for the efforts Guys, but they do not stock them either and they do not have a source for them....still looking.

as earlier stated,....... they may have to be made, and you may have to look into it. Depending on your need/requirement. it will put a pinch on your budget.

Massey-

Sorry to hear about the results with them. I may have a couple of other ideas and will also ask friends about as source.

Will keep you in mind and not forget about it.

Good Luck, Old Salt

Making the nuts and pilot projections on a lathe would be easy enough to do. Once programmed correctly it could be a bar fed, lights out operation, easy enough. But the addition three protrusions provided for weld penetration would be very difficult to do as material would have to be removed on a vertical mill to leave the three protrusions.

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