Tiny screws

On Jul 20, 8:19*pm, "Joel *DFD*" wrote:
One more time...
Go to McMaster-Carr web site.
You'll find your part.

I plan on it, once I find out the screw size and thread count. They
look like the best source, thanks.

--riverman

On 07/20/2010 03:04 PM, riverman wrote:
On Jul 20, 8:19 pm, "Joel wrote:
One more time...
Go to McMaster-Carr web site.
You'll find your part.

I plan on it, once I find out the screw size and thread count. They
look like the best source, thanks.

--riverman

I work for a company whose maintenance people live and die
by McMaster-Carr.

I also work for a machine shop who made a customer part
for my fancy screwdriver. They have guages to measure
screw size and pitch. If there is a second weird screw
somewhere on this real (or another one), a good machine
shop should be able to measure it for you.

Aren't you suppose to be fishing?

Good luck,

-T

On Jul 22, 6:50*pm, Todd wrote:
On 07/20/2010 03:04 PM, riverman wrote:

On Jul 20, 8:19 pm, "Joel *wrote:
One more time...
Go to McMaster-Carr web site.
You'll find your part.

I plan on it, once I find out the screw size and thread count. They
look like the best source, thanks.

--riverman

I work for a company whose maintenance people live and die
by McMaster-Carr.

I also work for a machine shop who made a customer part
for my fancy screwdriver. *They have guages to measure
screw size and pitch. *If there is a second weird screw
somewhere on this real (or another one), a good machine
shop should be able to measure it for you.

Aren't you suppose to be fishing?

Good luck,

-T

Well, my guess is that this isn't a weird screw at all...just a small
LHT metric screw. Its only weird because I don't have one on hand, and
because its small enough that your average hardware store doesn't
carry a selection I can use to figure out the missing one's specs. I'm
sure once I thread a toothpick into the hole, lay it alongside a ruler
and count the turns per mm, I will find it available at McMaster-Carr
for a nominal price. They do sell individual items, so this should
work out fine. Unlike rdean's anti-Apple ranting, the problem here is
mine, not Stealth's. I just needed to be pointed in a direction for
how to determine the screw size, and where to get a replacement. It
doesn't surprise me that they don't have on hand replacement parts for
items they stopped making 5 years back.

--riverman

On 07/22/2010 09:39 AM, riverman wrote:

I'm
sure once I thread a toothpick into the hole, lay it alongside a ruler
and count the turns per mm,...

Now that trick I had not thought of. Very sneaky!

-T