Ammo Brackets

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally posted by ron
Hi Lynn,
Sorry I did not explain my self to clearly, I removed a couple of the round tool mounting blocks that were partly rusted away, and on later looking at them I was supprised to see that the taped holes in these blocks were not just drilled and taped but rather the hole was simply drilled to size and the taped insert pressed into this hole, seems a lot of trouble to go to, I just wondered if any one else has come across this before?
seems rather a long way to go,I can not see any reason to do the job this way,
Regards,
Ron,

Ron..
The only reason that I could think of is that if it is armour plate ..the armour is too brittle to thread...it would then make sense to put a threaded insert in a round hole and shrink fit it or peen it in place..
Other than that I don't know..