I work at a sheetmetal shop and use 2 very common fasteners....The
Pemnut which somone metioned and works excellent and the Rivnut which
you can lookup here http://www.bollhoff-rivnut.com/
Either one will solve your problem if you go that route......WZ1U


On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 18:33:09 GMT, "Joel" wrote:

I have a few nice rigs I come across at hamfests and they always have
missing screws because the threads are stripped. I was wondering if anyone
had any success in filling the holes with something. I'm have had limited
success with copper braid in the hole, but it's not permanent, and I hate
the thought of fine copper pieces floating around in the equipment. I was
more thinking of maybe something to fill the hold and then re-tap it. I
could re-tap the hold bigger but then it would look out of place and have to
re-tap them all. Mostly this is a cabinet where on piece of metal overlaps
the other and the back piece is taped.

Anyone have any words of wisdom?

Joe AG4QC