"Tim Wescott" wrote in message
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:48:04 -0800, whit3rd wrote:

On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 5:06:06 PM UTC-8, Rex wrote:
I'm trying to fix up a 1940s-vintage small-frame Llama.
It needs at least one grips screw...
The screw I need measures at M3 x .7mm, 5mm long I think I can
also use
5-36 US.

Odd; 1940s would usually be post-standardization, and the M3 x 0.7
thread is an oddball. Could it be M3.5 x 0.6? Or M4 x 0.7?
There's also 5-40, but I've only ever seen that in lefthand...

It sounds like you might have to warm up a lathe and turn them out
yourself. Panhead and slotted is the easy part.

Make a few dozen extras, and you can offer 'em on eBay to others
that
might want to do restorations.

5-40 is the thread size of the prop screw on Cox 049 engines. I
have a
bag of them for that reason.

It's also popular with railroad modelers, because it's nominal
diameter is
1/8", and so perfect if you're doing a 1/8 scale model of a
locomotive
with 1" bolts.

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Tim Wescott

#5 screws will temporarily assemble sheet metal panels prior to
riveting, if you don't have Clecos.
-jsw