The beauty of the rotabroach is you can drill that with a centering jig to 17/32 and then set the nutsert. Just drill that with the 3/8 broach first to locate it perfectly.
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They cost a pretty penny but will be worth it
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We use a 5ish" long piece of 1/4" x 1.25" flat bar to make the jig. 1 hole at each end for exact fit sheet metal screws of your choice. 17/32 hole in the middle. Line up the hole to center it exactly on the 3/8" hole you used the broach on to locate it perfectly, screw that in place with the 2 sheet metal screws. Sometimes you can get it close to an edge so you can clamp one end, but that's pretty rare.
Yup. Quality tooling is expensive. No way around that.
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Nope - because what Mr. Blaine was proposing was using a 3/8" Rotabroach, followed by a 17/32" twist drill in a home-made drill guide.
Do you have the internet out there in them there woods?
No I am using carrier pigeons to make these posts
Does Atlas ever eat your incoming or outgoing mail?
They attach to what’s called an Arbor.
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The rotabroach has threads so you can thread them on to the Arbor.
By the way I just learned it was called an arbor.
Nope - because what Mr. Blaine was proposing was using a 3/8" Rotabroach, followed by a 17/32" twist drill in a home-made drill guide.
A 17/32 drill bit will be cheaper but I learned if you want to do it like the pros then you need the same tools.
I think you follow what Blaine was saying now.
And that’s why I’m going with what Blaine suggested.
Me and precision are opposite but his method will give me the best chance at fixing this.