Why do people endorse inserts over regular skate hardware when mounting enclosures?

ESK8 Mechanics
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Stop. Stay on topic.

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you really confuse me sometimes dudeā€¦

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Iā€™m just laughing with you :wink: ā€¦ You know like not jokes "your shirt looks so 2007ā€¦ NOT, Itā€™s my way of expressing a pause.

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iā€™m not laughing. stop the cheap shots. pm me instead.

thanks.

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flag wars, flag wars! haha just kidding.

if someone were to make a video of next time they mount of enclosure with inserts, iā€™d be helllla grateful.

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itā€™s not hard, just drill screw in, screw in some more, and bam, youā€™re done.

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iā€™ve read other posts and it seems hella easy but iā€™d be way more comfortable watching someone do it before i attempt. :smiley:

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iā€™ll make a super quick video hold on

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I was thinking of an appropriate yet still funny joke for this without a good resultā€¦ so I will just leave this here for a while, typos happen to the best of us :smiley:

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I want that video too. I just like building videoā€™sā€¦

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Sex bolts sounds like a 80s British punk band

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The Sex Bolts

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That would be the nerdy trivia about the band that only true fans would know whether itā€™s The or just Sex Boltsā€¦

Sex bolts also kinda describes what comes after vinegar strokes

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I can make one. But basically

  1. Use masking tape on your enclosure to create straight lines and mark the spots that you want to drill.

  2. Drill pilot holes in the enclosure only

  3. Lay the enclosure on to the deck, put the drill bit through the pilot hole and spin the drill for half a second to mark the deck with a drill dimple

  4. Remove the enclosure, expand the pilot holes to the bolt holes size. Set the enclosure aside

  5. Use a collar on your drill bit, with the size drill bit required for the inserts. Place the drill on the pilot dimples you marked, and drill 10mm in to the drill collar

  6. Use a counter sink drill bit if your inserts have heads, spin for half a second to counter.

  7. Slowly with the proper sized Allen or t handle screw the inserts in until flush

  8. Finish filling up the enclosure. Put the bolts though and screw them into the insertsā€¦

DO NOT drill the enclosure and board at the same time, and start with small pilot holes, or your stuff will come out crooked

Edit: if your enclosure has multiple holes like mine. Complete steps 1-2, and then perform steps 3-8 for four of the the front and back holes, to actually mount the enclosure with a couple bolts, then with 4 bolts in, use the pilot holes at step 3 to do the dimples for the rest of the bolts so the dimples are in alignment and the enclosure isnā€™t moving while dimpling, once all the dimples in place then remove and complete the drilling and insertsā€¦

One more note. If you are doing this to a carbon fiber or a full composite deck, you are better off drilling, and using machine threaded inserts. Drill & tap your holes, then put the inserts in, and glue them(super glue or a call/epoxy), as machine threads back out quite easily.

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:arrow_up: needs a sticky

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not a build video, donā€™t have time.

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i liked your polite chuckle at the beginning. :]

haha thanks man

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hahaha my pleasure :wink:

1 thing to keep in mind is donā€™t press too hard with the allen wrench, or youā€™ll destroy the first few threads of the insert

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Yeah thatā€™s what iā€™m afraid of when using inserts. Messing up a hole and having that stupid little wrong hole in my deck!