Framework Laptop Mainboard

Re:Framework Laptop Mainboard by supermatt on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @03:23AM (#31093798)

  Note that you'll need some fasteners to install everything (see https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Fasteners+Guide/106 for all fastener types)

  - 5x Mainboard fasteners - M1.6 1.5mm fastener with a 5.5mm diameter T5 head and 0.6mm thread pitch
  - 3x Audio Board and WiFi card fasteners - M2 3.0mm fastener with a 4.5mm diameter T5 head and 0.7mm thread pitch

These arent ISO metric thread pitches. Why not use standard fasteners? I cant find these to buy anywhere online (even with different heads) - even your own website doesnt stock them...

EDIT: looks like im not the only one to ask - theres an unanswered question on that guide since Apr 2 asking the same thing.

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Re:Framework Laptop Mainboard by nrp on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @10:18AM (#31097315)

This is most likely an error in our fasteners guide (which I wrote, so it's on me). I just sanity checked one of the M2 fasteners with calipers, and it does indeed follow the ISO standard 0.4mm pitch. We'll double check the numbers we listed for pitch.

For the 3D printed cases, for simplicity we didn't design in threaded inserts, so you can use self-tapping M2 or M1.6 fasteners with approximately the right length and head size and it'll work.

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Re:Framework Laptop Mainboard by thot_experiment on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @11:29AM (#31098367)

I find under-sizing the holes a bit and hitting the screws with a heat gun before picking them up with a magnetic screwdriver and screwing them in works really well.

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Re:Framework Laptop Mainboard by mschuster91 on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @11:42AM (#31098588)

Undersizing holes is just a brilliant way to ask for cracks down the road.

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Re:Framework Laptop Mainboard by pvillano on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @12:20PM (#31099243)

not if the screw melts the plastic, the same way heated threaded insert would?

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Re:Framework Laptop Mainboard by supermatt on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @02:34PM (#31101088)

Thanks for checking - I thought it would be a strange thing to do given the product messaging.

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