Framework Laptop Mainboard

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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