Some years ago I built a wooden 5x7 pinhole camera. I got some 1/4-20 brass bushings from McMaster-Carr that are supposed to screw in to an oversize hole. I drilled the proper-sized hole, but when I started to screw in the bushings I got some splitting/chipping of the surface around the hole. That wasn't a big deal, the camera was pretty rough anyway so I didn't worry about it.
Now I've got a very nice but somewhat heavy old wooden camera (thanks Jack!) to which I'd like add another tripod socket bushing, mainly so I can attach a QR plate with two screws rather than one. What's the trick to getting these things into the wood without it looking like a hack job?
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