Kaboom...the groove does go all the way through doesn't it?

...I need more detail on how you fixed the nut in the peg...from what I see I'd use a cap inside and epoxy the nut...now having said that I'd probably put the head of the bolt inside the peg and use a wing nut under the board.

Looking forward to your pictures...

Folks...find the thread by Denny Conranch on his motorized system and technique...I just built a 3 gear system modeling after his....very inexpensive....good source for gears and motor..I'd show a picture but I feel so inadequate next to Denny and Fishn50

John...a stop watch makes a handy timer...simple....another Denny thing

In messing around trying to find proper tension in any system ....I came up with what I call the "Sliding Motor " system...I'll probably stick to pretty much Denny's way...incidently it's twist to just before breakage...the sliding motor can do that too....

But that's a subject for another thread....I ramble too much...for now I'm very interested in the board setup to take advantage of the motorized system and Parnelli's formulas.