16 Feb
2014
16 Feb
'14
11:26 a.m.
On Fri, 14 Feb 2014, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Oh certainly. I wouldn't recommend using them in vintage plastics unless
you've got a part designed for a heat-set insert that never had one
placed.
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On 02/14/2014 09:41 AM, geneb wrote:
Ok, thanks! That gave me enough of a clue to find them at McMaster-Carr.
They're called "Thread-Forming screws for plastics" (Page 3002).
Do you know what the "official" name
for those are? I'd like to get
some ordered...
The name "plastite" pops up as a trade name, but that's only one
manufacturer's brand. Google for "screws for plastic" and you'll get a
bunch
of hits.
I often use
brass heat-set inserts in the 3D parts I print and they work
very, very well.
My concern is that using inserts in old, more brittle thermoplastics might
not be very rewarding. But YMMV, as they say.