Mechanical issues can sure be a challenge sometimes.
I would think if you just had loose fit on the threads a few chips of=20
hot melt glue and heat with a soldering tool would make reasonably=20
sturdy mount. The problem with using really tough adhesives like JB Weld=20
is that it is impossible to take apart without damages.
I would not hesitate to cross thread a component into a t-nut if it=20
would do the job!

On 10/24/2012 11:42 AM, alan.b.pearce@stfc.ac.uk wrote:
>> Think about mounting with a T-Nut and improvise a shaft extension...
> He said earlier that they have 'non-standard 8 x 0.75 threads' and I don'=
t know if they make T-nuts with M8x0.75 threads. The chart I looked at list=
s that as a fine thread, and I suspect the normal one is M8x1, although tha=
t is also listed as fine, and M8x1.25 is listed as coarse!
>
> I suspect looking at the T-Nuts I have that such things are normally made=
 with the coarse thread for the thread size.
>

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   Telling the TRUTH becomes a revolutionary act=94
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