I'm getting ready to make my first hoop with removable spines, so I'm trying to find speednuts... The bolts I use are 3/8, and can't find speednuts big enough! I tried Lowes (they have speednuts, but none that big), Home Depot (they don't carry speednuts) Autozone (again, no speednuts), and a few places online. Do speednuts of this size even exist, or am I just going to have to use smaller bolts? What size bolts do you guys normally use? I'm ok with using thinner bolts, but it seems like the thinner ones don't get longer than about 6 inches, (which is about 3 inches once the wick is on and the bolt is going through the hoop) and I'm afraid to have the fire that close to the hoop... both for my comfort and so the tape/ hoop doesn't melt.
Suggestions??