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|material name=Threaded Inserts
|material name=Threaded Inserts
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|synonyms=DE: Einschraubmuttern, Einschraubmuffen,<br>RAMPA-Muffen
|synonyms=DE: Einschraubmuttern, Einschraubmuffen,<br>RAMPA-Muffen, Gewindemuffen,<br>Verbundmuttern, DIN 7965
|available=
|available=
|donation=
|donation=
|location=
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|tools=[[Wood Drill Bits|wood drill bits]], [[screwdrivers]]
|tools=[[Wood Drill Bits|wood drill bits]], [[screwdrivers]], [[countersinks]]
|used with=[[Metric Screws|metric screws]], [[wood]]
|used with=[[Metric Screws|metric screws]], [[wood]]
|contains=
|contains=
|similar=[[T-Nuts|T-nuts]]
|similar=[[T-Nuts|T-nuts]]
}}
}}
Threaded insert can give you a metric thread in a piece of [[wood]] that is not very visible from the outside. The mounting hole always needs to be pre-drilled, then they can be screwed in with an appropriate [[screwdriver]].
Threaded inserts can give you a metric thread in a piece of [[wood]] that is not very visible from the outside. The mounting hole always needs to be pre-drilled and countersunk, then they can be screwed in with an appropriate [[screwdriver]], [[Hex Key|hex key]] or - best of all - a metric screw coming perfectly straight from a simple installation jig like [https://www.holzwerken.net/blog/guido-henn/gewindemuffen-genau-senkrecht-eindrehen/ this one ''(Guido Henn/HolzWerken - DE)''].


Here are some tricks for inserting them at a right angle:
Here are some additional tricks for inserting them at a right angle:
* [http://www.holzwerken.net/Wissen/Tipps-Tricks/Tischlern/Einschraubmuffen-So-geht-es-im-rechten-Winkel-ins-Holz ''HolzWerken.net (DE)'']
* [http://www.holzwerken.net/Wissen/Tipps-Tricks/Tischlern/Einschraubmuffen-So-geht-es-im-rechten-Winkel-ins-Holz ''HolzWerken.net (DE)'']
* [https://www.befestigungsfuchs.de/blog/einschraubmuttern-gerade-eindrehen-so-funktioniert-es/ ''Befestigungsfuchs.de (DE)'']
* [https://www.befestigungsfuchs.de/blog/einschraubmuttern-gerade-eindrehen-so-funktioniert-es/ ''Befestigungsfuchs.de (DE)'']
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Threaded Inserts

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Synonyms: DE: Einschraubmuttern, Einschraubmuffen,
RAMPA-Muffen, Gewindemuffen,
Verbundmuttern, DIN 7965
Suggested Tools: wood drill bits, screwdrivers, countersinks
Used with: metric screws, wood
Similar (More or Less): T-nuts

Threaded inserts can give you a metric thread in a piece of wood that is not very visible from the outside. The mounting hole always needs to be pre-drilled and countersunk, then they can be screwed in with an appropriate screwdriver, hex key or - best of all - a metric screw coming perfectly straight from a simple installation jig like this one (Guido Henn/HolzWerken - DE).

Here are some additional tricks for inserting them at a right angle: