Re: Apple2 ethernet project update

["Kelli Halliburton" <kelli217@crosswinds.not>]

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> When you're as dumb as I am, there isn't much room left for being sexist.
> So, while you're in teaching mode, can you tell me whether making threaded
> holes is something that I could do, without a full machine shop? I would
> imagine that a tap couldn't be much more than a really fancy screw bit, or
> am I wrong? These metal brackets need not be perfect to the thousandth of
an
> inch or anything, and if I could make them myself, they would be alot
> cheaper for us than the $3 quote I had gotten.

It's simply a fancy screw bit. You can get them with different threading,
and they're marked as such. Make sure you get a tap that's larger than the
diameter of the hole by enough of a margin to make a good threaded surface,
meaning to dimple the metal at least slightly.

> Also, how are threads measured? Should I just go to Home Depot, buy some
> quarter inch sheet metal screws, and match the hole threads to the screws?
> And does it really matter which I would use?

Just as long as you match the screws to the tap, you should be okay.