"Bob's my cat" wrote in message
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On Aug 13, 11:12 pm, "SteveB" wrote:
I posted this to alt.photography, but someone here might be able to help
me,
too.

I need a nut for a shutter release. The shutter release has a tapered
cone
shaped threaded end. I think I can find a nut that fits "close enough"
to
hold what has to hold, and I can put a drop of Loctite or SuperGlue Gel
on
there. Where would I even look for a tapered nut?

Not so very long ago, OK, about 20 years, I got an adapter to use an
ISO cable release on a Nikon, which essentially _was _a tapered nut,
albeit double ended, one end fit the ISO release, the other Nikon's
special thread, who knows, a camera store might sill have some lying
around. This would probably still need some "metalworking", to fit
your application, but might be a possibility


It makes me curious, though, as to how they would tap a tapered hole, as
you
go in, it would become harder until you reach the snap point.

Steve ....... may the sporge be with you..........

I'll bet this won't actually tell one how to make the threads, (and
I'm not curious enough to spend $30 to find out) but it one really,
really wanted to know the standards for the threads, one can order
them he
http://www.webstore.ansi.org/RecordD...SO+6053%3a1979
in case something messes up the link, the site is
http://www.webstore.ansi.org
the document is; ISO 6053:1979
Photography -- Shutter cable release tip and socket -- Dimensions

I couldn't find anywhere that had the dimensions for free, I suppose I
could go down to the basement and check the Machineries Handbook, but
that is really a long shot, and the stairway is outside, and a have a
Cat sitting on my lap, and I don't think you are going to make you own
tap anyway, and your nut with the Locktite will probably work fine, is
that enough excuses?

Considering that many camera parts are (or were) brass, I suspect
holes are reamed tapered (or drilled with a tapered bit) before
tapping, so one is not removing much metal with the tap (the threads
are pretty fine) , then one would tap until one got to the "stop"
point, which would be reached before the "snap" point

Jay


They even have one that is thirty feet long that is a squeeze air bulb. I
think I'll be getting one over the Internet, but am looking at camera stores
now, as I shop the Nikon D40x currently on promotion from Nikon.

I photograph hummingbirds, and the rufous is particularly shy, so a longer
shutter release will get me farther away from the subject.

Steve