Putting standoffs into wood

[Dippyskoodlez]

The cylinders linked above would probably work well; I would look for some with an oct/hex frame so when you embed them into the hole they will have a shape thats not going to rotate in the hole.

Gluing standoffs directly into the hole will work for a little while, until a screw gets misthreaded and tears it out because its a cylinder glues into a cylinder and nothing to actually hold it in. It will NOT work in plywood. (Been there, done that.) Wood glue wont actually bond to the standoff, where it will with wood.

 

[de.das.dude]

Standard, or at least what I find the most is M6-32 size and threading.

1' M6-32 rods for my motherboard stacking project.

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[erocker]

Or you could drill the holes on the tight side ( sized to the standoff threads) and screw the stand offs themselves to the wood with a little glue or jb weld on the threads to hold them there.

^Best solution.

 

[<<Onafets>>]

Im drilling a hole the whole way through and superglueing the rods completely flush with the wood. That way standoffs won't become useless if they are stripped and I can remove them later and get my cabinet back