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thot_experiment on April 20, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Framework Laptop Mainboard

I find under-sizing the holes a bit and hitting the screws with a heat gun before picking them up with a magnetic screwdriver and screwing them in works really well.

mschuster91 on April 20, 2022 [–]

Undersizing holes is just a brilliant way to ask for cracks down the road.

pvillano on April 20, 2022 | [–]

not if the screw melts the plastic, the same way heated threaded insert would?

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