[Chet Johnson]

Originally Posted by mom

After a conversation with Phil at Philtone Guitar Co. ( http://www.philtone.com/ ) I went with the 3/8-16 10-24 carbon steel inserts for metal and ss 10-24 2" phillips machine screws (they may have to be shortened to 1 3/4") - the same specs as the Vintique stuff. On phils site - http://www.philtone.com/inserts.html . I found them locally and bought them today. Here's what they look like...

http://www.ezlok.com/InsertsMetal/carbonSteel.html and again...

http://www.philtone.com/inserts.html scroll down for pics.

This is an interesting approach. I would just buy the correct screw length however. 1 3/4" or longer requires a deeper hole than the depth of the inserts. My inserts only require 1 1/2" screws. Anything longer than that is not really needed in my opinion.

I agree with some of the Philtone process, and some of it I do differently. To each his own.


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