04-25-2014, 10:18 PM
I ordered one a couple of days after you did Ed. I was surprised when it showed up today. I also ran into the same problem you did and more. I just took an extra long 8mm bolt from my bolt bucket and threaded it through the nut from the nut side. Smacked the bolt with a hammer to bend the nut position it until it lined up with the outer hole and went through.
The other problem was one of the outer holes was punched off center and the bolt wanted to go through the tube at about a 25° angle. I ended up just slotting the hole so it would go straight through into the nut. The instructions included with mine were missing information. I finally figured out the large flat washers (not listed) go between the table top and the brackets, and the smaller washers go below the brackets.
I'm going to follow arvids advice and pick up some quality fender washers at the hardware store tomorrow to use on the fence rails though. While it's not quite the same quality as my Strong Hand table, it's well worth it at 1/3 of the price!
The other problem was one of the outer holes was punched off center and the bolt wanted to go through the tube at about a 25° angle. I ended up just slotting the hole so it would go straight through into the nut. The instructions included with mine were missing information. I finally figured out the large flat washers (not listed) go between the table top and the brackets, and the smaller washers go below the brackets.
I'm going to follow arvids advice and pick up some quality fender washers at the hardware store tomorrow to use on the fence rails though. While it's not quite the same quality as my Strong Hand table, it's well worth it at 1/3 of the price!
Willie