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PL1:

--- Quote from: Fred Smythe on June 22, 2012, 03:36:24 pm ---Do you think it would be possible to convert those wood screw holes to use these insert nuts without excessive routing or drilling? That way the spinner could easily go in or out as needed.

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Chris,

If you use the GGG inserts, product link and directions located here call for a 1/8" pilot hole and a 5/16" main hole.  These inserts are not the tap-in type, but are the allen-drive screw type.  Just be sure to drill straight and get the inserts started square, and you'll do fine.


Scott

Fred Smythe:

--- Quote from: PL1 on June 22, 2012, 03:55:46 pm ---If you use the GGG inserts, product link and directions located here call for a 1/8" pilot hole and a 5/16" main hole.  These inserts are not the tap-in type, but are the allen-drive screw type.  Just be sure to drill straight and get the inserts started square, and you'll do fine.
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Mmkay. So, please forgive my lack of knowledge...I just want to be sure I understand:

So what you're saying means, assuming a fresh piece of MDF (which we don't have, but we'll get to that in a second) I would need to drill a smallish (say, 1/4" deep) 1/8" hole and that's enough to commence screwing these in, but that the nuts themselves will eventually take up 5/16", yes?

If I originally used regular wood screws for the installation, and unscrew them, it seems likely that once those screws are out I will already have appropriate pilot holes and can just go straight to the screwing-in-of-the-new-bits part. Think that would work?

Nephasth:

--- Quote from: Fred Smythe on June 22, 2012, 04:08:46 pm ---If I originally used regular wood screws for the installation, and unscrew them, it seems likely that once those screws are out I will already have appropriate pilot holes and can just go straight to the screwing-in-of-the-new-bits part. Think that would work?

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Use those holes as guides while drilling them out to 5/16" or whatever particular size your threaded inserts require...

Fred Smythe:

--- Quote from: Nephasth on June 22, 2012, 04:22:13 pm ---Use those holes as guides while drilling them out to 5/16" or whatever particular size your threaded inserts require...
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I guess I don't see why. If they're already 1/8" from the previous screws, aren't those the guide holes I need for the above?

PL1:

--- Quote from: Fred Smythe on June 22, 2012, 04:28:11 pm ---
--- Quote from: Nephasth on June 22, 2012, 04:22:13 pm ---Use those holes as guides while drilling them out to 5/16" or whatever particular size your threaded inserts require...
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I guess I don't see why. If they're already 1/8" from the previous screws, aren't those the guide holes I need for the above?

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Yes, the existing screw holes can act as the pilot holes (not the ideal way, though), as long as the screws were straight in and centered on the spinner mount holes.  If they are not, you need to very carefully drill centered and straight pilot holes, followed by 5/16" holes to a depth of slightly over .4" (the depth of the GGG inserts)


Scott

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