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Author Message rob_steen Junior Username: rob_steen Post Number: 20 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2012 - 4:26 am:    Hi, As a project I decided to try and make my own control knobs for a friend for Christmas, and if they go well a set for me as well... Any idea where I can get the tiny inserts and grub screws to hold them to the shaft? Any ideas? Thanks, Rob jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3240 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2012 - 6:10 am:    I had some made by a wood turner in my neighbourhood and I bought some brass tubing from a metal supplier which was pretty cheap and they worked fine. The grub screw just needs drilling a tapping with whatever size screw you can find. Jazzyvee davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10956 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2012 - 6:23 pm:    Here's a similar question and answer. jcdlc72 Advanced Member Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 201 Registered: 11-2009 Posted on Sunday, December 02, 2012 - 4:14 am:    I was curious about this thread, but it seems I was thinking on another kind of threaded inserts... I would like to know about the inserts on my Epic's body, the ones used to set the control cavity plate... I would like to find some of those (with their screws) to change the cover plate system on a couple active basses I have, definitely a much wiser option than big plastic battery holders, "normal" screwing on wood or anything else I"ve seen around if you have to take the cover every once in a while to do a battery change... xlrogue6 Advanced Member Username: xlrogue6 Post Number: 236 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Monday, December 03, 2012 - 9:05 am:    Those 2-56 inserts are hard, if not impossible to find in small quantities. 2-56 taps are pretty cheap and readily available, so Jazzy's idea seems like the path of least resistance. The Mothership might sell you a few inserts too. (Message edited by xlrogue6 on December 03, 2012) rob_steen Junior Username: rob_steen Post Number: 21 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - 4:28 am:    I found brass collars with threaded grub screws that seem to be the right size. I'll try them out and post here when they arrive. I found them fairly cheaply in a Radio Control hobby store site! - Rob.