On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 22:18:04 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:16:30 +0800, Techman
wrote:

On 25-Jun-15 7:55 PM, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
Techman fired this volley in
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Techman, I think you're not 'getting it'.

Even our CONSUMER big-box hardwares carry just what you want. Home Depot
(of all places) carries M4-0.7 self-tapping screws.

What you describe as "coarse-thread self-tappers" are truly "sheet metal
screws".

Lloyd



I'm in Australia, our hardware stores are 20 years behind yours! They
don't carry anything like them - only standard sheet metal screws and
self drilling/tapping roofing sheet bolts.

Only 20?


I've found out today I can get them via RS Components.

Oh, darn. That means you won't have the joy of jigging up small
screws into a fixture in your vise and cutting the self tapping groove
with a file on each screw.

Dremal type tool and a decent cutoff wheel will work for that, in a
pinch.

Been there, done that more than once.

Gunner