Luxury Ant Farm: The mANTsion

Step 5 Hardware to hold the windows together

Once the windows were sanded smooth and the cutout was in place it was time to drill some holes to fit the hardware that would connect the two windows.

I bought 3.5" brass bolts, washers and wing nuts to connect the two windows together. The brass looks nice and the wing nuts allow the ant farm to be assembled by hand without the need for any tools.

First I clamped the windows together so that my holes would line up, and then I drilled holes through both windows where I wanted the bolts to go.

I then put a spade bit into the drill and drilled out the countersinks for my washers.