The inserts install permanently in applications where blind, threaded holes are needed.

One method is to use blind-threaded inserts that can be installed without access to the backside of the panel. Atlas Engineering, Kent, Ohio, makes a variety of such fasteners. Each is installed ...

Rather than suffer from the wrong tool for the job, he machined his own custom threaded insert tool for his Hakko soldering iron.

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