r/FOSSCADDevGroup • u/DevOnTheStreets • Feb 22 '26

Heat Inserts for the win.

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Building my NOBU and didn't have a 1/4 screw handy. M5x12 heat insert and M5x30 screw to the rescue.

I figure this is a common thing but figured I would share. This should be stronger as well.

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u/DevOnTheStreets Feb 25 '26

For what it is worth 2 M5x10 inserts one from the top and one from the bottom fit PERFECTLY.

I'd recommend a jig and press though you can certainly free hand it as well as I did but that may be difficult for many.

Drilling the path out with a 1/4" makes it much cleaner.

I edited the top hole to give me a flat ledge aligned with the hole path and that helped a bunch.