FYI in case anyone was wondering, I ended up having success with #6 3/8” length stainless steel 18-8 sheet metal screws to fasten the DX7 mk1 front panel to the side cheeks. Eg from bolt depot:
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 7:59 PM, Ethan Hoerr <
ethan@...> wrote:
Ant, did you happen to measure diameter of both DX7 screws? The M4.2 I ordered won't fit lol ??♀?
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On Tuesday, January 18th, 2022 at 8:43 AM, Ant Goffart <ant@...> wrote:
More accurate measuring reveals the thread pitch may be 1.4mm.
A hint for inserting self-tapping screws into old plastic is to first rest the screw in the hole then back the screw out slowly until you feel it drop into the thread. Then screw it in as normal and don't over-tighten.
