These are called rivnuts 
I need the cutout widened by about 20mm on one end to fit dual flipsky6, thinking about chiseling it out, has anyone done this?
Iāve seen people route it out but donāt have one and donāt trust myself doing it by hand with a dremel routing kit.
I will do that to mine, enlarge the width and length a bit, the best way is to make a guide using wood so you keep it straight and print one of these to attach to the dremel
Or best yet, see if you canāt find someone with a proper router, it will be much faster
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yea dremel sells a kit like this, but Iām not making a guide so itād be done manually and Iād rather not do that.
but do share when you get yours done, Iād be very interested in seeing the results.
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I widened one of mine with a circular saw. (5mm) Set the depth right, cut along the line and perhaps a couple more cuts if itās s wide one. Then clean up with a very sharp chisel.
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By guide I mean just getting a flat piece of wood, securing it to the deck somehow, double sided tape or some clamps, and using it to run the dremel along
Will try to remember to take photos, but will be using a Black n Decker full sizer router that I have, but the process should be the same, you will just need to do more passes with the dremel since the bits are quite small
Also this is the bit I recommend, I use it to do wire channels, with the router bits thereās too much vibration for manual work
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I just bought a cheap router from Harbour Freight, but I had also planned on using it for some other projects and it wasnāt really the right tool for the job so I ended up returning it, lol, so was able to do that for free. I did end up buying the right tool I needed though so it wasnāt like I just bought it and then returned once I finished modifying my board, that would be kinda messed up.
But they have a bunch of different options for routers and dremel tools for super cheap so if you plan on doing this to a few boards itās worth the investment.
If you are capable of building battery packs, consider buying the duo cutout. Itās 74mm wide so you only have to sand a bit off to fit the 75mm 6.6
My pack ended up about 4mm too big. Itās raining outside so no powered router today. Iām going in with chisels and a marking gauge. Hmmm! If I get sad Iāll set up the router. But itās such a pain with clamping square onto curved things, or getting the template guides, measuring 100 times, still getting it wrong, etc.
Letās see if watching all those Paul Sellers videos payed off.
EDIT after 8 inches or so setting up the router doesnāt seem so bad
For the old timey woodworker wannabes, this is what I was trying to do.
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umm uhh yes?
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High 
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I see you there typing. iāll beat you. im pretty fast
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Haha not this time batman
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you do crack me up. crackā¦meā¦up. ā¦.so ā¦I guess its back to electric skateboard talk soon.
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im not doing hearts anymore!
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Iām really excited to make people angry lol
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but im taking them. . ā¦make them angry. sounds exciting. get on the foxnews.com discussion group maybe
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Know youāve got a big week ahead of you. Canāt wait to get my hands on these decks. Thanks again
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