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Leon87
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by Leon87 » Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:12 am
Hi
Snowbaord insertes can work out pretty expensive.
So i was wondering if a tee nut would work?
I know they don't come with resin caps but this can easily be over come.
Does anyone know it a Tee Nut would be acceptable
knightsofnii
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by knightsofnii » Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:03 pm
from my experience inserts arent much more expensive, if at all, than tee nuts you can get from mcmaster or grainger or elsewhere.
i'm paying 18 cents ea, or maybe 21-22cents ea shipped.
Doug
Leon87
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by Leon87 » Sun Aug 11, 2013 1:06 am
europe is a different story.
To get 200 inserts costs about 120 euros.
To get 200 Tee nuts costs 40.
Big difference.
I was more wondering what the difference is structurally?
gozaimaas
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Location: Nagano Japan
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by gozaimaas » Mon Aug 12, 2013 2:26 am
The difference is tnuts dont have a base, they are through nuts where as proper inserts are blind nuts.
Get onto miller studios for inserts, they are non magnetic caps and I must admit many of mine had no caps at all but at $5/100 you cant complain