On Tue, 09 May 2006 09:46:00 -0500, Don Foreman wrote:
On Tue, 09 May 2006 06:50:24 GMT, Gunner
wrote:

On Tue, 09 May 2006 02:24:08 GMT, "Pete C."
wrote:

Ignoramus25821 wrote:

On Mon, 8 May 2006 18:59:16 -0400, Bob Chilcoat wrote:
Needed for an old sewing machine. It's a listed thread, and I can probably
get a box of 100 from McMaster, but I only need one 3/8 long, binder or
cheese head screw. Any ideas?


How about Ace hardware? It is a super standard size.

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I think you're confusing it with the common 6-32 or 4-40.

Pete C.

Ayup...6-40 and 6-48 are gun screw sizes..and are a bit hard to find.
Harder yet to find in anything over 1/4" long.

Well, it just ain't right. I mean, there's 10-32 and 8-32, why
couldn't they standardize on 6-40 and 4-40? The 6-32 tap is the
weakest one in the box. If I ever break a tap, it's 6-32. Not 2-56
or 4-40 but 6-32. 6-32 is a coarse and vulgar thread for a small
screw like that. A nice little screw should have a more refined
thread.

Perhaps we peasants should revolt. Civil disobedience, uncivil
disobedience, whatever it takes. Steal the boxes of 6-32's and
throw them though the windows of the Immigrant's Rights center.

"Hmm, the bullet I extracted expanded with an odd transverse slot,
has a single 32-twist rifling groove in .138 caliber......"

I also had this experience. Tapped some holes in aluminum and 6-32 was
flexing a lot. I tapped holes in this in this heatsink:

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Weld...r/dscf0252.jpg
http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Weld...r/dscf0250.jpg

The 10-32 holes were much easier on the tap than 6-32. Most holes
I tapped were, fortunately, 10-32.

(the pictures also show wire labeling)

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