On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 02:53:40 GMT, Joel wrote:
Looking at the web site, it looks like the smallest is 6/32 I was looking
for 8mm as that's what most of these radios are. I could use 6/32, but in
that case, I would just re-tap it to 6/32 and be done with it. But a great

I have had good results using epoxy to glue a nut to the sheet metal
behind the hole. Clean well the sheet metal and the nut, a bit of
roughening with file is usually good, and epoxy it on. Make sure
there is a nice fillet of epoxy around the nut for extra strength.

I've also soldered the nut on, but I'll do whichever seems easiest
as the time and usually epoxy is it.

sdb

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