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Glidecam QR Plate Problem. Arts & Crafts Help?

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edai
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Long story short, I ordered an EL717 QR plate so I could make quick switches between tripod and Glidecam. I got the plate today, and there's a problem.

The QR plate that usually would screw onto the baseplate of the Glidecam, doesn't have a thread hole.

I was wondering if any of you knew how to make drill one in or possibly add another piece of metal with one already drilled in?

Here's some pictures to explain:

QR Baseplate (Bottom):

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Screw in thread from Glidecam (3mm Screw):

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Side angle of QR Baseplate (Arrows pointing to thickest point of plate)(3mm Thick):

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1st Idea:

Initially I thought maybe I could just drill threaded hole into the QR Baseplate, but I'm not sure if that would be stable because I'd only be able to drill in about 2.5 mm and that doesn't seem safe for a Glidecam Baseplate to QR Baseplate holding a $1000> camera setup. If this does end up being my only option, what type of drill bit do I need to put a threaded hole in?

I know this is a bit confusing, but I've never been very good at hands on stuff, and I figure nows good as any a time to start.

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edai
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Still looking for help, I figured out that my initial idea would not work, and the only option is to glew/weld on some type of metal with a thread hole built in. Now how do i do this?
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norgeanders
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wait why can't you return it? is it supposed to have that hole?
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DrZoidberg
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See if you can buy a threaded insert, like a helicoil or something of that nature. Drill the hole, epoxy in the helicoil insert and you now have a normal metal to metal, screw to threaded hole interface. Similar idea to inserts on skis rather than just screwing into the ski itself.
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edai
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Like this?

http://www.amazon.com/E-Z-LOK-Threaded-Insert-M16-2-0/dp/B002WC8T6G

Like follow the steps in the video, then since it will only go in a little bit, use epoxy to keep it on the plate solid?

So it looks like the screw that will need to attach to the QR plate is 1/4-20, so is that the size of threaded insert i would need to buy?
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