I have a piece of furniture, a kitchen cabinet in a kitchen island, where I know I will have to disassemble the cabinets several times to install an exhaust fan and kitchen drain at a later stage. Therefore, I want to be able to screw the cabinets (Metod) to the plinth (wooden frame plinth) without damaging the chipboard mess, and then be able to disassemble and reassemble it repeatedly.
I’m considering if anyone has a smart solution, like some metal fitting that you drill for and screw through the board first? I noticed some furniture makers use the so-called "Rampamuff" that has been discussed here before on the forum. It's a slightly different purpose here, but I found this one (at theofils.se), which shows a bit how I was thinking, but maybe I just want to drill up the chipboard mess and insert a sleeve/lining through it, and then have the metal fitting in the frame below.
A little google image search - it seems to be called "blind nit" or "blindnitmutter" ("rivet nut", "jack nut"): "installation in soft materials", not sure if this one is good for chipboard though. I want to screw straight through and then down into the stud I have on the floor.
Use a narrower screw so the threads won't grip the particle board when you screw it in, only in the stud. Make sure the screw head doesn't sink into the hole.
A little Google image search - seems it might be called "blind rivet" or "blind rivet nut" ("rivet nut", "jack nut"): "installation in soft materials," uncertain if this one is good for chipboard though. I want to screw directly through and then down into the stud that I have on the floor.
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I think you're overcomplicating it. If you have a 45 mm stud to screw into, it's possible to screw in and out a regular wood screw many times without a rivet nut. You can certainly use a blind rivet nut to line the hole in the chipboard. In that case, you should choose one large enough that the screw is free from the threads of the blind nut, but is a lining really necessary? A screw with a cylindrical head is hardly going to tear apart the chipboard.
Warning. If you reinforce the hole with a rivet nut, do not try to use it as intended. Just press it into an appropriately sized hole.
Exactly, it should be a regular wood screw that doesn't reach the thread - looks like the one I got ordered now is just a sleeve and no threads even. Just going to use it as a sleeve. The collar on this does half the job. IKEA melamine is just slightly stronger than eggshells, so that's what I want to preserve. Planning to have a large stove that will be free-standing, so there will be some load.
A clearance hole in the structure (so that the thread doesn't grip it) and a regular flat washer have the same effect as your more complicated options.
A clearance hole in the frame (so the thread doesn't bite into it) and a regular flat washer have the same effect as your more complicated alternatives.
Maybe, but mine will look nicer and avoid accidentally tearing up the chip more.
In this case, we need to disassemble several times due to how/when we get different parts. All solutions suit different people differently. Here, this fits well. Notice that I asked what such a gadget was called.
All good. Thanks for the feedback.
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