In article , krw
wrote:

On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 15:30:42 -0700 (PDT), gary
wrote:

Neither Lowes' nor Home Depot's websites list "Euro Screws". But since both
stores are within 3 miles of my house, I went to Lowes.

The manager of Lowes' hardware department said they don't carry "Euro
Screws" and he said they had no other "fasteners" that would work for my
situation (i.e., the fasteners being attached to the underside of a
particle-board desktop that would resist the downward force from the
slide-out keyboard shelf on brackets below the desk top).

I then found EZ-Lok threaded inserts on Amazon for $5.00 and added that item
to another item I ordered two days earlier so the shipping was FREE for both
items.

Both Lowes and the BORG carry threaded inserts here. They may not be
optimized for particle board but they work (they probably have ones
intended for PB in their furniture hardware section).

This is what cross dowel nuts are for:

..http://www.amazon.com/Buildyourcnc-Cross-Dowels-8-pack/dp/B001DSXTJ2

Joe Gwinn