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Some threaded inserts have flanged faces for a few reasons, one being that if you press the flange flush to the surface around the hole you're tapped hole will be relatively perpendicular. These can just be hammered in.
Others, typically "self-clinching", are installed with arbor presses and some degree of attention by the operator to maintain ...
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The methods available to a hobbyist are akin to that of the production world, in that one needs only a controlled heated implement traveling in a restricted manner.
A drill press with a long bolt threaded to match the insert provides such restrictions. Heat can be applied to the insert and the quill lowered into the part, which is secured appropriately to ...
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Yes, it would be easier to drill the hole but there are other reasons.
It's makes the shaft the same width as the red bearing also clamped by the green sides.
The shaft will experience torque when the knob at the top is tightened. A hole though a round shaft would have high pressure on the curved edge at a point on each side some little distance away from ...
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