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30 SERVO 12.2011
PARTS IS PARTS
Kitbots Nutstrip
● by Mike Jeffries
Nutstrip is a product Kitbots uses in several of their kits to
allow easy assembly and reduce
machining costs on the chassis
components. Nutstrip is a simple
and effective design. The product
is made from square stock and
has a series of evenly spaced
tapped holes accessible from all
sides. Kitbots offers three sizes of
Nutstrip: Mini (1/4” stock, 6-32
threads), medium (3/8” stock,
10-24 threads), and large (1/2”
stock, 1/4-20 threads).
The primary benefits of using
Nutstrip are that you only need
to use through holes on
your parts when you
want to assemble them
at right angles, and the
threaded portion of the
assembly can easily be
replaced. This reduces
the time and precision
needed for most
applications since
threading takes
additional time, and
loose tolerances can be
used with the through holes to
allow for easy part fitting. In
addition, if the threads are
damaged the parts are much
easier to replace.
The three sizes of
Nutstrip shown next
to a quarter.
