Remove-able anchoring in garage floor NDR

[Andrew Holley]

Need some help.
I purchased a floor mounted metal bender from Harbor Freight and want to mount it to my garage floor, but need to be able to remove it during the week and mount it over the weekend to use it. I thought about those expansion sleeves where you use a lag bolt and then found some threaded sleeves you can epoxy in a hole. Anybody use these? Think it's going to stand up to repeated removal and install and the torque of use?
Any other ideas?

 

[Jon Yenulonis]

I've used some very similar to these and they worked well. Make sure you follow the directions. Mainly clean the hole very well after drilling.


http://www.mcmaster.com/#concrete-anchors/=x53v5o


Jon

 

[Capt Rich Geminski]

If you are are going to mount and remount a lot, I would mount a steel plate in the floor. Tap the plate and mount to it.

 

[Huntindave McCann]

,,,,,,,,then found some threaded sleeves you can epoxy in a hole. Anybody use these? Think it's going to stand up to repeated removal and install and the torque of use?

Andrew,
Grouted in or epoxied in female threaded anchors are quite often used to anchor machines in a machine shop. That way if a machine is later moved from it's location the floor is left flush with nothing protruding. I suspect this is your goal also. I don't see why repeated torqueing would affect them, provided one does not over torque the anchor. If you go this route I'd suggest plugging the anchors with a socket set screw to keep the threads clean when not in use. I bit of grease or never seize to thwart rust would be good also.

 

[Capt. John O]

We have used stuff called g5 for crane anchors in buildings where the structure wasn't very healthy for conventional expansion anchors it's a 2 part caulk type deal that works very well since there's cranes being suspended from it
http://www.itwredhead.com/product.php?G5-High-Strength-Epoxy-3