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GMasterman wrote:
Got an old Sheldon 11X40 and need to replace the gib screws and lock nuts. The
1/4X28 screws are no real big problem but I have never seen any of the small
cross-section nuts like the factory used. No room for standard nuts. Any ideas?

You mean thinner than the average nut? Or smaller across the
flats?

The first two assume that the lathe works well enough to
accomplish the task using it, or that you have another lathe.

1) Make them by drilling, tapping, and parting off from hex stock.

2) Put them in a hex collet with a depth stop and face them down
thinner.

3) Put them on a mag chuck on a surface grinder and thin them
down.

Good Luck,
DoN.
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