- April 10th, 2018, 1:22 am#4904915
On the semi-hero packs, they used screws(possibly #10 size), not rivets.
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kind2311 wrote:I've never used one of those, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. It's just a combination of the two bits you'd be using anyways. I imagine you'd have to be much more careful and drill very slowly as tapping is a relatively delicate procedure and the slower you go, the better the results.Would some kind of lubricant help at all, and if so, is there something you recommend?
kind2311 wrote:Small squirt of WD-40 or similar product on the metal will help but is not necessary when doing something this small.Awesome, thanks. I’ve gotten all of my fasteners together (definitely bought way more than I need from Home Depot) so I’m probably going to start working on mounting the shell next week.
kind2311 wrote:You just happen to be doing this at the same time as me. My brackets came this morning, just gotta grab a couple bits and a tap. Quite the coincidence as I haven't done this since I first posted this thread 11 years ago.Thanks for all of your advice! I did my drilling and tapping today. It all turned out well. When I tapped the brackets, it wasn’t perfectly straight so I do have to use a hex driver bit to get the screws all the way in but everything is holding on.