Solution: drill straight through the plastic and hold it together with a nut from the other side.
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Thursday, January 5, 2017
Waffle Iron Repair
We had this waffle iron that broke, so I tried to fix it.
It seemed that the people who designed this thing thought it would be a good idea to thread the screws into plastic bosses, which over time melted enough to compromise the threads.
Solution: drill straight through the plastic and hold it together with a nut from the other side.
Like this:
Perfect fit with countersunk stainless machine screws replacing the originals.
Solution: drill straight through the plastic and hold it together with a nut from the other side.
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