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Re: [Shop-talk] installing a helicoil

To: "'John Niolon'" <jniolon@bham.rr.com>, "'shop-talk'"
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] installing a helicoil
From: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:48:02 -0500
John, I'd take it to a professional machine shop. The real secret to getting
an accurately fitted Helicoil is holding the work securely and having drill
and tap exactly vertical. It is probably best done on a milling machine. A
machine shop will do it right, you probably have a 60/40 chance.....If you
screw it up you not only have the cost of a Helicoil kit but the cost of a
new head. 

FWIW
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