🔩 E-Z LOK 400-4 Threaded Inserts for Wood, Brass, Includes 1/4-20 Knife Thread Inserts (5), Drill & Installation Tool - Complete Installation Kit Review

I've used both brass and steel threaded inserts for installing hardware on wood products for a long time. I needed a reliable way to do this on my latest project, so I decided to give this tool a try. For really serious work I prefer to use stainless steel inserts, but these brass inserts will work for most projects. Here's what I did. I compared the threads on the outside of the inserts to some of the regular screws I had at home. They ended up being 5/16" to 18. I drilled my holes with the…

Instead of a guide pin and two spammer pins to engage the groove in the inserts, the tool provided had a threaded insert and flat top that could easily be screwed into the insert until tight smoothly and did not begin to rotate the insert. Despite using the supplied pilot hole drill and using lubricant on the insert, the threaded portion of the tool broke after installing the second insert. I returned the kit and bought the tool that was supposed to come with the kit (as pictured in the ad)…

I was dismayed to find that the paste tool just didn't work. The male slots on the tool are not wide enough for the female slots on the inserts. This allows the tool to effortlessly remove and break the grooves of brass inserts, even when the wood has little resistance. I broke the three included bits trying to drive them into poplar after drilling a hole with the included bit. With the nuts, I went back to the tried and true method. I definitely do not recommend this product. After realizing…