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Help finding tiny brass screw, please?
I need a small brass screw to repair an old lighter. I'm sorta
"trolling" to find a source for one. it's 0.360" long with a shaft is about 0.050" in diameter. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance! -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:54:53 -0500, Jeepers
wrote: I need a small brass screw to repair an old lighter. I'm sorta "trolling" to find a source for one. it's 0.360" long with a shaft is about 0.050" in diameter. Can someone point me in the right direction? Heck, if you post the actual thread pitch, diameter and length, somebody here on r.c.m can probably make you one. Or if you say where you are, one of us nearby might be able to check those measurements for you and you could pick one up at your local hardware store... Al Moore |
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Help finding tiny brass screw, please?
Jeepers wrote:
I need a small brass screw to repair an old lighter. I'm sorta "trolling" to find a source for one. it's 0.360" long with a shaft is about 0.050" in diameter. Can someone point me in the right direction? It would be useful if you mentioned the thread pitch, head shape, and drive type. A #0-80 thread is .060 od and a common American/english size. In metric 1.2x.25 (.0472"od) and 1.4x.3 (.0551"od) are common sizes. There are other possibilities. -- Lou Boyd |
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:54:53 -0500, Jeepers
wrote: I need a small brass screw to repair an old lighter. I'm sorta "trolling" to find a source for one. it's 0.360" long with a shaft is about 0.050" in diameter. Can someone point me in the right direction? Optician or watch repair shop. That's a bolt to a watch repairman. |
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Help finding tiny brass screw, please?
Model Train Shop. They have lots of itty bitty screws. Or buy an old
lighter at a thrit store or garage sale for parts |
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Try a local watchmaker/jeweller or optician
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If you have ever trashed an old cheapo digital watch. and I mean those real
cheap ones for a couple of dollars you can salvage some real small screws. regards JimboD "Jeepers" wrote in message ... I need a small brass screw to repair an old lighter. I'm sorta "trolling" to find a source for one. it's 0.360" long with a shaft is about 0.050" in diameter. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance! -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Go to smallparts.com
-- Scott A. Bregi Model Building is FUN!.........model building is fun.......model building is ?$#!!*?##!%$?&%$##!! "Jeepers" wrote in message ... I need a small brass screw to repair an old lighter. I'm sorta "trolling" to find a source for one. it's 0.360" long with a shaft is about 0.050" in diameter. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance! -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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In article ,
Alan Moore wrote: On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:54:53 -0500, Jeepers wrote: I need a small brass screw to repair an old lighter. I'm sorta "trolling" to find a source for one. it's 0.360" long with a shaft is about 0.050" in diameter. Can someone point me in the right direction? Heck, if you post the actual thread pitch, diameter and length, somebody here on r.c.m can probably make you one. Or if you say where you are, one of us nearby might be able to check those measurements for you and you could pick one up at your local hardware store... Al Moore The thread is broken off in another part. The total length was about ..360" long, too long for a watch or glasses. Head width: .095" head thickness: .020 shaft thickness: .050 unknown thread pitch I also need the part it screws into, but that is a simple part to make. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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In article ,
Don Foreman wrote: On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:54:53 -0500, Jeepers wrote: I need a small brass screw to repair an old lighter. I'm sorta "trolling" to find a source for one. it's 0.360" long with a shaft is about 0.050" in diameter. Can someone point me in the right direction? Optician or watch repair shop. That's a bolt to a watch repairman. It's too big for any watch. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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In article ,
(dann mann) wrote: Model Train Shop. They have lots of itty bitty screws. Or buy an old lighter at a thrit store or garage sale for parts I'm VERY rural. Know of any in South Texas? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Charles wrote: These folks have small screws: www.micromark.com Thanks I'll go look! -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Louis Boyd wrote: Jeepers wrote: I need a small brass screw to repair an old lighter. I'm sorta "trolling" to find a source for one. it's 0.360" long with a shaft is about 0.050" in diameter. Can someone point me in the right direction? It would be useful if you mentioned the thread pitch, head shape, and drive type. A #0-80 thread is .060 od and a common American/english size. In metric 1.2x.25 (.0472"od) and 1.4x.3 (.0551"od) are common sizes. There are other possibilities. -- Lou Boyd head diameter: .095" shaft diameter: .050 overall length: .360 thread pitch unknown: broken off in another piece -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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In article ,
"Roger Shoaf" wrote: I would go to your local optician. they have a large selection of mini screws and also have mini taps if they have a screw that is slightly larger. -- Roger Shoaf too big for glasses or watches -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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In article uZrWa.331$ug.44@lakeread01,
"Scott A. Bregi" wrote: Go to smallparts.com Cool, I'll go look there, thanks! -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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All manner of screws, washers, nuts bolts, and taps!!!
http://www.microfasteners.com/ "Jeepers" wrote in message ... I need a small brass screw to repair an old lighter. I'm sorta "trolling" to find a source for one. it's 0.360" long with a shaft is about 0.050" in diameter. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance! -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Try he
http://www.microfasteners.com Regards, Marv Jeepers wrote: In article , Alan Moore wrote: On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:54:53 -0500, Jeepers wrote: I need a small brass screw to repair an old lighter. I'm sorta "trolling" to find a source for one. it's 0.360" long with a shaft is about 0.050" in diameter. Can someone point me in the right direction? Heck, if you post the actual thread pitch, diameter and length, somebody here on r.c.m can probably make you one. Or if you say where you are, one of us nearby might be able to check those measurements for you and you could pick one up at your local hardware store... Al Moore The thread is broken off in another part. The total length was about .360" long, too long for a watch or glasses. Head width: .095" head thickness: .020 shaft thickness: .050 unknown thread pitch I also need the part it screws into, but that is a simple part to make. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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In article
, Marv Soloff wrote: http://www.microfasteners.com Thanks! I'm having trouble describing the screw, I mean, which size is it? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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The "0" is the machine screw number, the "80" is 80 threads per inch,
the last number is the length. Check this chart, it appears you need either a 0-80 or 00-90: http://www.csgnetwork.com/screwnummachtable.html Of course, if the lighter is imported you might need a metric size... Jeepers wrote: In article , Don Stauffer wrote: A company called Micro Fasteners specializes in small screws. I think they have a web site, do a search on the name. Will do. How does one name these small screws? I mean there appears to be a system for them ie: 0-80 x 9/16 or 4-40x7/8 what is the "0-80" ? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Jeepers wrote:
In article , Don Stauffer wrote: A company called Micro Fasteners specializes in small screws. I think they have a web site, do a search on the name. Will do. How does one name these small screws? I mean there appears to be a system for them ie: 0-80 x 9/16 or 4-40x7/8 what is the "0-80" ? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- Number screws such as 0-80 go thus: the first number is the screw diameter, the second is the thread pitch in threads per inch. They start with a #0 having a diameter of .060 thousandths, every number adds .013 thousandths to the diameter for numbers greater than zero, subtracts ..013 for numbers below. So a 4-40x7/8 is 4 x .013 + .060 or .112 in diameter, with 40 tpi, 7/8 long. Paul -- ----------------------------------------- It's a Linux world....well, it oughta be. ----------------------------------------- |
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O is the the defined standard for the shaft diameter, 80 is threads per
inch, x is by, 9/16 is length but I really doubt you'll even find anyone stocking an 0-80x9/16" screw, 0-80x1/8" yes. Jeepers wrote: In article , Don Stauffer wrote: A company called Micro Fasteners specializes in small screws. I think they have a web site, do a search on the name. Will do. How does one name these small screws? I mean there appears to be a system for them ie: 0-80 x 9/16 or 4-40x7/8 what is the "0-80" ? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Jeepers wrote: Could ya'll check this out?: http://Sprite.viptx.net/~moomesa/screw.html -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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In article , Jeepers says...
How does one name these small screws? The first thing one does is one quits crossposting a question like this to five different ngs. Really annoying. Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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Nominal size for #0 is 0.060", for #00 is 0.047". 0.05" is 1.27mm.
Kinda caught in between here. Where are you? Ted |
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In article , Jeepers says...
unknown thread pitch Until you find out what that is, you have zero chance of matching the correct fastener for replacement. The 0.050 major diameter roughly matches a number zero sized screw but it could be a special from the manufacturer. If you could see how many threads per inch, by counting the crests under a loupe then you could find out if it were 80 threads per inch, a common screw. Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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In article , Ted Edwards
wrote: Nominal size for #0 is 0.060", for #00 is 0.047". 0.05" is 1.27mm. Kinda caught in between here. Where are you? Ted South Texas It's for a sentimental brass lighter. "Casablanca Brass" is all it says. I did a Google and found two online. One is a new one from a Harley dealer the other is an antique dealer. Funny they are not old, but the antique dealer wants more than the new one. I was considering purchasing one of them for just the screw. :( If I could fab the screw, I would. I used my reloading caliper to measure it. You can see the parts at: http://www.Sprite.viptx.net/~moomesa/screw.html -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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In article ,
jim rozen wrote: In article , Jeepers says... How does one name these small screws? The first thing one does is one quits crossposting a question like this to five different ngs. Really annoying. Jim Jim, you are correct, I goofed. So sorry. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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jim rozen wrote: In article , Jeepers says... unknown thread pitch Until you find out what that is, you have zero chance of matching the correct fastener for replacement. The 0.050 major diameter roughly matches a number zero sized screw but it could be a special from the manufacturer. If you could see how many threads per inch, by counting the crests under a loupe then you could find out if it were 80 threads per inch, a common screw. Jim I'm not too concerned about the TPI as it is a brass screw of probably foreign origin, besides it's broke off in another part. I'll really probably need to either fab the screw or buy another lighter and cannibalize it for the one screw. The "nut" it goes into is just a round piece of brass stock that is threaded, cup style, not all the way through. Which in turn is simply pressed into a small hole to hold it. see: http://www.Sprite.viptx.net/~moomesa/screw.html The real important part is the shaft. The shaft holds the striker wheel. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Jeepers wrote: I'm not too concerned about the TPI as it is a brass screw of probably foreign origin, besides it's broke off in another part. I'll really probably need to either fab the screw or buy another lighter and cannibalize it for the one screw. The "nut" it goes into is just a round piece of brass stock that is threaded, cup style, not all the way through. Which in turn is simply pressed into a small hole to hold it. see: http://www.Sprite.viptx.net/~moomesa/screw.html The real important part is the shaft. The shaft holds the striker wheel. DUH! no "www" http://sprite.viptx.net/~moomesa/screw.html -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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In article , Ted Edwards
wrote: Jeepers wrote: You can see the parts at: http://www.Sprite.viptx.net/~moomesa/screw.html That URL doesn't work. Ted That's cause I'm a dumbass and haven't memorized my URL properly, no www. He http://sprite.viptx.net/~moomesa/screw.html -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Jeepers wrote:
In article , Jeepers wrote: I'm not too concerned about the TPI as it is a brass screw of probably foreign origin, besides it's broke off in another part. I'll really probably need to either fab the screw or buy another lighter and cannibalize it for the one screw. The "nut" it goes into is just a round piece of brass stock that is threaded, cup style, not all the way through. Which in turn is simply pressed into a small hole to hold it. see: http://www.Sprite.viptx.net/~moomesa/screw.html The real important part is the shaft. The shaft holds the striker wheel. DUH! no "www" http://sprite.viptx.net/~moomesa/screw.html -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- Hey, if you're gonna be making the "nut" piece yourself anyway, they WTF do you care *what* the existing threads are? Unless you're compulsively anal about getting an exact match for the original part, that is. Just pick a screw from a catalog that's close to the right diameter. and make the "nut" to suit it. It probably won't matter if the threads on a stock screw extend further up the shank than on the original, I take it from your description that the striker wheel's "axle" isn't the screw itself. These guys sell small taps and dies in "one off" quantities. http://www.dxmarket.com/micromark/di...archstring=tap I'll venture to say that even if you don't have access to a lathe, you could, with a little patience, make that screw yourself by filing down a piece of brass rod chucked in an electric drill, threading the end with a die, cutting it off leaving an oversized head, and then reversing the part in the drill chuck and bringing the head to final shape with a file. Almost any tiny saw blade, or even a knife shaped patternmakers file will cut a good enough slot in the head for "government work". Jeff (Whose "lathe" for his teen age model railroading years was just a beat up 1/4" B&D drill.) -- Jeff Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) "If you can keep smiling when things go wrong, you've thought of someone to place the blame on." |
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jim rozen wrote:
In article , Jeepers says... How does one name these small screws? The first thing one does is one quits crossposting a question like this to five different ngs. Really annoying. Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== Hey, here I go displaying my ignorance again. I've been seeing rants like Jim's about not cross posting to other newsgroups ever since I got on the internet, so out of courtesy I have not done so. But, why not? What's wrong with trying to increase your possibility of success when searching for information you need? Are we to assume that evrybody in the world reads all of every single newsgroup, so that posting to just one newsgroup would be sufficient? I've note that Coca Cola doesn't limit their advertising to just one newspaper or magazine, it seems like somewhat the same principle should apply to cross posting, Once I've read the latest Coke ad I just skip over it when I encounter it in another periodical. All I can think of is maybe it's some sort of bandwidth issue which ultimately ends up coming out of every internet user's wallet. I'm probably missing something else here, please clue me in. Thanks guys, Jeff -- Jeff Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) "If you can keep smiling when things go wrong, you've thought of someone to place the blame on." |
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In article , Jeff says...
I've been seeing rants like Jim's about not cross posting to other newsgroups Rants?? RANTS!!? How could you POSSIBLY... Oh. OK, never mind. They really are rants I guess. The problem happens when the folks at alt.rv or whatever reply to the original question. They never trim the ng list as a rule, so their replies go to *all* the ngs the original requester sent his query to. So basically the folks being helpful (in this case rcm) have to listen to all the other replies to the question. Granted they could possibly be interested in the replies (probably not in this case, if I had a threaded fastener question this would be *the* place to go) but in that case a check of the original message would show where it went out to (some even say, crossposted to x, y, z as a favor if the posting was done one ng at a time) so interested parties can follow the replies. The problem with crossposting like that is it can rapidly degenerate into a huge chain reaction with everyone replying to every other ng. In this case it was inadvertent but often this is done to troll ngs and excite some controversy. That RSJ guy did that deliberately with the rv ng and his ISP canned him for it, deliberate trolling that way (that guy would go back and put other ngs *into* the header after they had been trimmed out) is frequently against ISP policy. Because of the fuss and traffic it causes. Go back and look, there are a lot of 'tiny brass screw posts' here now. Most of them are replies from other ngs that show up here because the 'post to' line was never trimmed. (rant finis!) Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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In article , Jeepers says...
DUH! no "www" http://sprite.viptx.net/~moomesa/screw.html OK. Best thing to do is simply fabricate the screw and the nut from scratch, using a standard thread. The 0-80 might be too large at 0.060 major diameter, there is a metric thread that is M1.2 X 0.3 , that translates into 0.047 inch major dia. Find somebody with a lathe locally and commision the part in brass, payment in a case of beer or whatever. Maybe a local high school shop. You might have to purchase the correct tap and die from MSC. Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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In article ,
jim rozen wrote: In article , Jeepers says... DUH! no "www" http://sprite.viptx.net/~moomesa/screw.html OK. Best thing to do is simply fabricate the screw and the nut from scratch, using a standard thread. The 0-80 might be too large at 0.060 major diameter, there is a metric thread that is M1.2 X 0.3 , that translates into 0.047 inch major dia. Find somebody with a lathe locally and commision the part in brass, payment in a case of beer or whatever. Maybe a local high school shop. You might have to purchase the correct tap and die from MSC. Jim I understand. Excellent. Thank you. My father-in-law is a master locksmith, I know he has a small lathe, perhaps he has a small die, if not, MSC. I picked up some stock from a Tractor Supply this afternoon. $2.79 Ironically, my Zippo came back in the mail today. I'm fixing the Casablaca anyway. Thanks Jim. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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In article ,
"Pete Sampogna" wrote: try smallparts.com Thanks Pete. I'm gonna try to fabricate it. Wish me luck. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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jim rozen wrote: Go back and look, there are a lot of 'tiny brass screw posts' here now. Most of them are replies from other ngs that show up here because the 'post to' line was never trimmed. (rant finis!) Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== Gotcha Jim..(I think..) So, my understanding now is that the damnable "crossposting" activity involves posting a message to multiple newsgroups by putting multiple newsgoups in the "to" headers. From that I assume that there's nothing gosh about posting the same message to multiple newsgroups if it's done by means of separate posts of the same message to each newsgroup. Dis I get it right? Jeff -- Jeff Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) "I before E except after C"....(The height of insufficient weird ancient science...) |
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Help finding tiny brass screw, please?
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Jeff Wisnia wrote: jim rozen wrote: Go back and look, there are a lot of 'tiny brass screw posts' here now. Most of them are replies from other ngs that show up here because the 'post to' line was never trimmed. (rant finis!) [ ... ] Gotcha Jim..(I think..) So, my understanding now is that the damnable "crossposting" activity involves posting a message to multiple newsgroups by putting multiple newsgoups in the "to" headers. Except that the "To: " header does not exist in usenet newsgroups. (Though it might on some broken newsreaders, such as browsers pretending to be an e-mail client and a newsreader, and a bunch of other things, or if an e-mail copy is CC'd to someone.) The header which is important here is the "Newsgroups: " header. From that I assume that there's nothing gosh about posting the same message to multiple newsgroups if it's done by means of separate posts of the same message to each newsgroup. Dis I get it right? An alternative is to cross post it, but to set the "Followup-To: " header to point to a single newsgroup -- the one in which you expect to be following the answers, and to *note*: "Followups set to rec.crafts.metalworking" in the body of the message, so people don't post a reply in their own newsgroup, then not see it appear, and post it again ... and again ... :-) This is the proper (and designed into usenet) way of asking a question in multiple newsgroups, but keeping the resulting discussion in a single newsgroup. Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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Help finding tiny brass screw, please?
"Jeepers" wrote in message ... .360" long, too long for a watch or glasses. Check with the optician. They have longer screws for the older horn rims and then they put a nut on the end and snip off the excess. -- Roger Shoaf If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent. |
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Help finding tiny brass screw, please?
Yes, the nomenclature goes like this. First is the diameter of the
screw. Like for wire gauge, rather than physical size in fractions of an inch, for example, there are numbers. The higher the number, the smaller the diameter. A few numbers do correspond to reasonable fractions, i.e, #10 is about 3/16 of an inch. You need a screw chart to figure out actual diameter. Next value is threads per inch. There are two very popular screw series, National Fine and National Coarse. The fine thread series is sometimes called SAE, because they are popular in automobiles. Last number is length of screw in inches. Another necessary part of a screw nomenclature is the head type. It used to be you needed expensive handbooks that had the necessary charts. There are now some on the internet. I don't have addresses, though. I just downloaded it and printed it for my wall in shop. These charts identify the correct drill size to drill if you will be threading the hole, and the right drill for the screw to go in without threads (clearance size). If you plan to use such screws, you should get ahold of one of those charts. Anyone have a URL for one of those web sites? Jeepers wrote: In article , Don Stauffer wrote: A company called Micro Fasteners specializes in small screws. I think they have a web site, do a search on the name. Will do. How does one name these small screws? I mean there appears to be a system for them ie: 0-80 x 9/16 or 4-40x7/8 what is the "0-80" ? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- -- Don Stauffer in Minnesota webpage- http://www.usfamily.net/web/stauffer |
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