For a project, I needed to install a 10-24 threaded insert into the end-grain of 10 'columns.' I first tried by hand with a t-handle installer but that was not going to work.
A better (and cheaper) way was to put two nuts tight together on a long 10-24 screw - head cut off - and a washer to bear against the wood.
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The 'columns' were too long for my drill press, but using the SS to both drill the appropriate holes (for end grain I found that a 32nd above the recommended size worked with less chancre of splitting the wood.
Worked out nicely: drill, chamfer, install insert all with the same setup. That put them straight and snug with no fuss.
Forrest
Installing threaded inserts
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Installing threaded inserts
Forrest
Huntington Beach, CA
1985 500->510->520, bandsaw, jointer, planer, PowerPro, double-tilt, 3" casters,(now obsolete) speed increaser
Huntington Beach, CA
1985 500->510->520, bandsaw, jointer, planer, PowerPro, double-tilt, 3" casters,(now obsolete) speed increaser
skou wrote:Ok, now I'm curious.
How is a "column" too long for a Shopsmith? These things have horizontal drill-press capability.
steve
It's KNOT. But it is for his drill press.
SS 500(09/1980), DC3300, jointer, bandsaw, belt sander, Strip Sander, drum sanders,molder, dado, biscuit joiner, universal lathe tool rest, Oneway talon chuck, router bits & chucks and a De Walt 735 planer,a #5,#6, block planes. ALL in a 100 square foot shop.
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Bob