On Jul 19, 8:46*am, riverman wrote:

...So my question: where does someone go to find a tiny little screw like
this?

If you want tiny oddball left hand screws, go to people who deal in
tiny oddball left hand screws......people who deal with small
rotational mechanical and electro/mechanical mechanisms.....

R/C planes, cars, boats
Model railroad stuff
Bicycle derailleurs
Home appliances.....microwave ovens, washers, driers, clocks, etc.
Electrical timers and thermostats, etc......furnaces, air
conditioners, fans, sump pumps.
Anything with more or less complicated geartrains.....sorters,
pickers, shellers, crackers, reapers, winnowers, etc.

One thing is as certain as things get in this world.....the
manufacturers of that reel did NOT! invent a new screw. Never, under
ANY circumstances, let anyone convince you that manufacturers are as
stupid as politicians, economists, corporate executives, doctors,
engineers, architects, post-modernists, theologians, literary critics,
self-help authors, city planners, generals, colonels, majors,
captains, admirals, captains, commanders, lieutenant commanders,
chiefs, commentators, producers, managing editors, artists, actors,
athletes, mathematicians, meth addicts, methodists, meteorologists,
coke freaks, christians.....or crackers.

NEVER!!

seriously.

giles