Tee Nuts instead of snowboard inserts

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Leon87
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Tee Nuts instead of snowboard inserts

Post by Leon87 »

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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Post by knightsofnii »

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.
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Leon87
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Post by Leon87 »

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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Post by gozaimaas »

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
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MontuckyMadman
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Post by MontuckyMadman »

tough to find teh url sometimes
http://millerstudio.net/
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