M3x5x4 Heat-set Insert (Threaded Insert For Printed Parts), Heat-set threaded insert
The M3x5x4 heat-set insert (Heat-set threaded insert): length 4 mm, knurl outside diameter 5 mm, pilot diameter 4.25 mm. Available as simplified and threaded STEP files.

How these parts are made, and what the levels mean: read the method
- Also searched as: M3x5x4 insert
- Model id:
heat-set-inserts-m3x5x4
- Standard: Heat-set threaded insert · size M3x5x4
Files
| Part key | Simplified | Threaded |
|---|
heat-set-inserts-m3x5x4 | STEP | STEP |
Dimensions

| Symbol | Name | min | nom | max | Modeled | Rule | Level |
|---|
| L | Length | | 4 | | 4 | nominal | L1 |
| d1 | Knurl outside diameter | | 5 | | 5 | nominal | L1 |
| d2 | Pilot diameter | | 4.25 | | 4.25 | nominal | L0 (nom: one source) |
Drawing

As a PDF: CC-HSINSERT-SZ-M3x5x4.pdf.
What each maker states
- Recommended hole, per maker: CNC Kitchen 4.4 mm, ruthex 4.4 mm.
- Wall around the hole, per maker: CNC Kitchen 1.6 mm, ruthex 1.3 mm.
- Minimum hole depth, per maker: CNC Kitchen 5.0 mm, ruthex 5.0 mm.
- The hole depth is each maker's callout on its drawing added to that maker's L, read twice by Claude, and the two reads agree.
- CNC Kitchen's values for this size are figure reads: its table is an image, read twice by Claude, and the two reads agree.
The M3x5x4 heat-set insert beside the M3x4 and the M3x5.7
The M3x5x4 is number 7, counting from the smallest, of the 15 Heat-set threaded insert heat-set inserts published here, from M2x3 to M8x12.7.
- Length (L): 4 mm on the M3x5x4 heat-set insert, against 4 mm on the M3x4 and 5.7 mm on the M3x5.7.
- Knurl outside diameter (d1): 5 mm on the M3x5x4 heat-set insert, against 4.6 mm on the M3x4 and 4.6 mm on the M3x5.7.
- Pilot diameter (d2): 4.25 mm on the M3x5x4 heat-set insert, against 3.9 mm on the M3x4 and 3.9 mm on the M3x5.7.
Other sizes
Documents
Sources
cnckitchen-inserts, ruthex-inserts. Full citations: the method page and this size's datasheet.
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