Just got back from a three-week trip, and spent half the time lugging the 4x5 as simply dead weight, since it broke on day 11.
The camera is an older Zone VI, and several years ago, one of the back spring sc rews pulled out of the wood. I replaced it with a threaded insert and brass mach ine screw and was waiting for the other wood screw to go. To my surprise, the th readed insert pulled out of the wood instead. I suspect I have a soft piece of w ood, but now that I'm back home in Arizona, I have plenty of time to fix it righ t. To do the best job, I thought I'd put the question here for more input.
Obviously, the commercial threaded insert is inadequate, and I now have a much l arger hole where the screw used to be. The primary choices I see are either to p lug the hole from the back with a glued-in tapered plug, drill for a screw and r eplace the original screw, or else to make a tiny T-nut, drill the hole all the way through the wood and secure the bolt from the rear. There may be other solut ions; I am not wedded to either of these. I do want the repair to be permanent, not some temporary fix.
Ideas? Thanks for the thought and input.
Tony
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