Installing Threaded Inserts

I have some threaded inserts to install into the ends of some 1" o.d. aluminum tubing (the inserts that go up inside the tube from the end). I can envision several ways to insert them, but have never done this before. Who has done this before and how did they do it?

Thanks.

Clear skies, Alan

The way I installed mine was by screwing in the appropriate size bolt and pounding them in with a hammer. You just have to make sure the bolt stays straight which may required tapping the bolt on the side if it starts to wander. I'm sure there are more elegant ways but this worked for me.

Alan,

If you have access to a drill press, this is the slickest technique I've ever heard of.

Cut the head off of a bolt and screw into the insert a bit. Tighten the bolt end into a drill press with the insert centered over one end of the tube and the other end of the tube resting flat on the drill press table, or the floor if necessary. With the power OFF, drive the insert into the tube. Unscrew the bolt and you're done.

......David

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Thanks for all the advice. I do have a drill press, so I will use it.

Clear skies, Alan