Where, pray tell, are these magical floating plates?

BenT

sent from my floating plates

On Jul 16, 2011, at 9:07 AM, ed donnen <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> SO here I am, working on the tool panel door frame when a nut plate fallls
> out due to rust.  "Oh Poo," I say
> (I actually said Poo).  Then I think about all the clever ways I can
> weld/epoxy it back in place.  But now, as
> I look further into the matter, the nut plate itself does not appear to be
> locked into one place.  Could it be these are "floating" nut plates within a
> spot welded frame to the frame member?  I would rather not cut a big piece
> out and fabricate a replacement part out and then try to allign the nut
> plates into position with the tool panel door.
> My thought is to scrape rust as best I can, convert remaining rust back to
> metal, then do something to let the nut plates remain in place but "float."
> Does this sound reasonable?  Any thoughts on containing the nut plates when
> the original "Frame" is gone?
> ed- from my electronic ball and chain (I have a stand alone server.) [that's
> for you BenT]