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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: Gouty on Sat, 13 May 2017, 19:28:12
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I've owned and refurbished a fair few Model Ms in my time, until now I was fortunate enough that they had enough of the rivets in place not to require bolt or screw modding. Unfortunately my most recent acquisition is missing a lot of rivets though (I counted 24 and some more are loose)
I've done a fair bit of research into bolt/screw modding and decided that the best route to take would be to screw mod it. The only problem is I can't find any information on what size screws to use, or what guide hole to
The closest I have come is this thread (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=70410.0) that recommends 2-56 x 5/16 screws and a 0.070" diameter pilot hole.
Does any else have any recommendations for what to use or a rough conversion for the drill bit and screws above in metric?
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Check my response on DT.
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Cheers buddy. I figured a buckling spring question would get more love on DT but thought it was worth a try here too!
In case anyone is interested: https://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/model-m-screw-modding-t16578.html