Main > Main Forum
My Tee Nuts don't hold well. :(
Lilwolf:
btw, I put my tnuts on the bottom of one control panel... used one size too small on the drill bit... And its been there for 1/2 a year!
but...
I...
forgot to put wood filler on the top before I put the vynal down... so now I have 4 bubbles around each joystick :(
But the top is really where its suppost to go... I just didn't know better when I first used them... and their staying in... waiting for them to break so I can rebuild them.
Granger:
Maby i'm missing something, but why not use plain old #10 wood screws ?
markrvp:
--- Quote from: Granger on May 07, 2005, 09:17:55 am ---Maby i'm missing something, but why not use plain old #10 wood screws ?
--- End quote ---
You can. There is some concern that rough gameplay might cause them to give way.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: Granger on May 07, 2005, 09:17:55 am ---Maby i'm missing something, but why not use plain old #10 wood screws ?
--- End quote ---
Screws hold via friction and the fact that the threads undercut the material. Threaded inserts do both of these better as there is more surface area for better friction, and the blades are larger to cut deeper into the material.
The nice thing about the inserts is that they allow for easy upgrading or testing of different controls. A few times in and out with the wood screws and you'll tear up the wood enough so that it no longer holds well. This won't happen with the inserts as you never remove them, just the machine screws you screw into them.
RandyT
Granger:
I have just recently been installing the sticks in my cp, and after readig this thread, ordered some insert nuts. the only ones found were either for a 1/4 machine screws (or bigger), wich is lager than predrilled holes in the stick, or for #8 machine screws. I ordered the smaller size and found them almost impossible to drive in straight, and they only had about three threads cutting into the wood. the ones I installed pulled out fairly easily, so I then replaced them with inserts for 1/4 inch and used wood screws on the rest. The larger inserts do seem to hold very well, but the smaller ones don't come anywhere near the holding streangth of a normal screw.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version