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timonoko
7 hours ago
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derefr
6 hours ago
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The trade-off being (I'm guessing) that those threads would be pretty easy to re-tap by hand?
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dnemmers
5 hours ago
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I think the usual move once threads are gone, is to move to a steel threaded insert (helicoil, time-sert, etc)
https://www.mcmaster.com/products/thread-repair-inserts/thre...
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convolvatron
1 hours ago
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or go up a diameter if that's feasible.
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