Tiny screws

On Jul 21, 9:36*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-07-21 10:58:03 -0400, george9219 said:



Exactly right. You need to know the EXACT SIZE and PITCH of the screw.
Basically, I would give up and either keep the reel and use as is, or
sell it for what you can get. The plasic/toothpic method is not
precise enough. A machine shop could make an accurate cast and
determine size and pitch, but, at US hourly rates, that would likely
cost between $100 and $200, and you still wouldn't have the screw. The
cheapest alternative would be to have the hole opened up, retapped to
the next size, and purchase the proper screw. Here again, you're
looking at more than the reel is worth.

IOW, give the reel, AS IS, to someone who would appreciate it. *(One of
your students?)

Lesson learned? *d;o(

Dave (ProblemsolvingRus)

Thats actually a very cool idea. Might just do that, but I still have
this nagging desire to reattach the drag.

--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 21, 5:23*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:54:20 -0700 (PDT), BJConner wrote:

I don't think they Stealth would have had a unique design and
manufacture a reel *for that small of a market. *Some of the reels on
their website look very familiar. *If you look at your reel and start
looking at catalogs you may find the very same reel made by someone
else. *One of the reels on their website looked like an Okuma I was
going to buy once. *90%+ of reeks are made in china why not the
Stealth? *
Stealth probably refers to the way they got into the
country.

Well, that's one guess - mine would be that Stealth is the mode the company goes
into when asked for a part for something not currently being foisted on
unsuspecting Rivermen...

Geez, it's like Apple - our **** is the best, you can only get parts for about 5
minutes after we **** you with it and then, only from us if we choose to offer
any, and if it doesn't work, it's clearly your fault because you don't know how
to hold it, you idiot...hmmm....I wonder if Jobs and George had a baby and hid
it away in S. Africa - say, Myron, these ****ers don't sell over-priced
computers and MP3 players, silly-assed "reading devices" and crappy phones, too,
do they...?

TC,
R

Umm, no, and your Xenophobia is showing through.

--riverman

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 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

On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:35:36 -0700 (PDT), riverman wrote:

On Jul 21, 5:23*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:54:20 -0700 (PDT), BJConner wrote:

I don't think they Stealth would have had a unique design and
manufacture a reel *for that small of a market. *Some of the reels on
their website look very familiar. *If you look at your reel and start
looking at catalogs you may find the very same reel made by someone
else. *One of the reels on their website looked like an Okuma I was
going to buy once. *90%+ of reeks are made in china why not the
Stealth? *
Stealth probably refers to the way they got into the
country.

Well, that's one guess - mine would be that Stealth is the mode the company goes
into when asked for a part for something not currently being foisted on
unsuspecting Rivermen...

Geez, it's like Apple - our **** is the best, you can only get parts for about 5
minutes after we **** you with it and then, only from us if we choose to offer
any, and if it doesn't work, it's clearly your fault because you don't know how
to hold it, you idiot...hmmm....I wonder if Jobs and George had a baby and hid
it away in S. Africa - say, Myron, these ****ers don't sell over-priced
computers and MP3 players, silly-assed "reading devices" and crappy phones, too,
do they...?

TC,
R

Umm, no, and your Xenophobia is showing through.

My "Xenophobia?!" Oh, man, Myron, God love ya, are you SURE you are a school
_teacher_...? And _I'M_ not the one who accused the Chinese of stinking up
things...

HTH,
R
....whoda guessed that handJobs, George and whoever owns/runs Stealth were all,
um, "foreigners"...?

--riverman

On Jul 23, 7:55*am, wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:35:36 -0700 (PDT), riverman wrote:
On Jul 21, 5:23*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:54:20 -0700 (PDT), BJConner wrote:

I don't think they Stealth would have had a unique design and
manufacture a reel *for that small of a market. *Some of the reels on
their website look very familiar. *If you look at your reel and start
looking at catalogs you may find the very same reel made by someone
else. *One of the reels on their website looked like an Okuma I was
going to buy once. *90%+ of reeks are made in china why not the
Stealth? *
Stealth probably refers to the way they got into the
country.

Well, that's one guess - mine would be that Stealth is the mode the company goes
into when asked for a part for something not currently being foisted on
unsuspecting Rivermen...

Geez, it's like Apple - our **** is the best, you can only get parts for about 5
minutes after we **** you with it and then, only from us if we choose to offer
any, and if it doesn't work, it's clearly your fault because you don't know how
to hold it, you idiot...hmmm....I wonder if Jobs and George had a baby and hid
it away in S. Africa - say, Myron, these ****ers don't sell over-priced
computers and MP3 players, silly-assed "reading devices" and crappy phones, too,
do they...?

TC,
R

Umm, no, and your Xenophobia is showing through.

My "Xenophobia?!" *Oh, man, Myron, God love ya, are you SURE you are a school
_teacher_...? *And _I'M_ not the one who accused the Chinese of stinking up
things...

HTH,
R
...whoda guessed that handJobs, George and whoever owns/runs Stealth were all,
um, "foreigners"...?


Moron.

g.

On Jul 23, 6:55*am, wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:35:36 -0700 (PDT), riverman wrote:
On Jul 21, 5:23*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:54:20 -0700 (PDT), BJConner wrote:

I don't think they Stealth would have had a unique design and
manufacture a reel *for that small of a market. *Some of the reels on
their website look very familiar. *If you look at your reel and start
looking at catalogs you may find the very same reel made by someone
else. *One of the reels on their website looked like an Okuma I was
going to buy once. *90%+ of reeks are made in china why not the
Stealth? *
Stealth probably refers to the way they got into the
country.

Well, that's one guess - mine would be that Stealth is the mode the company goes
into when asked for a part for something not currently being foisted on
unsuspecting Rivermen...

Geez, it's like Apple - our **** is the best, you can only get parts for about 5
minutes after we **** you with it and then, only from us if we choose to offer
any, and if it doesn't work, it's clearly your fault because you don't know how
to hold it, you idiot...hmmm....I wonder if Jobs and George had a baby and hid
it away in S. Africa - say, Myron, these ****ers don't sell over-priced
computers and MP3 players, silly-assed "reading devices" and crappy phones, too,
do they...?

TC,
R

Umm, no, and your Xenophobia is showing through.

My "Xenophobia?!" *Oh, man, Myron, God love ya, are you SURE you are a school
_teacher_...? *And _I'M_ not the one who accused the Chinese of stinking up
things...

HTH,
R
...whoda guessed that handJobs, George and whoever owns/runs Stealth were all,
um, "foreigners"...?





--riverman

Such a tool.

On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:18:46 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Jul 23, 6:55*am, wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:35:36 -0700 (PDT), riverman wrote:
On Jul 21, 5:23*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:54:20 -0700 (PDT), BJConner wrote:

I don't think they Stealth would have had a unique design and
manufacture a reel *for that small of a market. *Some of the reels on
their website look very familiar. *If you look at your reel and start
looking at catalogs you may find the very same reel made by someone
else. *One of the reels on their website looked like an Okuma I was
going to buy once. *90%+ of reeks are made in china why not the
Stealth? *
Stealth probably refers to the way they got into the
country.

Well, that's one guess - mine would be that Stealth is the mode the company goes
into when asked for a part for something not currently being foisted on
unsuspecting Rivermen...

Geez, it's like Apple - our **** is the best, you can only get parts for about 5
minutes after we **** you with it and then, only from us if we choose to offer
any, and if it doesn't work, it's clearly your fault because you don't know how
to hold it, you idiot...hmmm....I wonder if Jobs and George had a baby and hid
it away in S. Africa - say, Myron, these ****ers don't sell over-priced
computers and MP3 players, silly-assed "reading devices" and crappy phones, too,
do they...?

TC,
R

Umm, no, and your Xenophobia is showing through.

My "Xenophobia?!" *Oh, man, Myron, God love ya, are you SURE you are a school
_teacher_...? *And _I'M_ not the one who accused the Chinese of stinking up
things...

HTH,
R
...whoda guessed that handJobs, George and whoever owns/runs Stealth were all,
um, "foreigners"...?





--riverman

Such a tool.

Run, Forrest, ru-u-u-u-nnnnn....

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA,
R

On Jul 23, 11:49*pm, wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:18:46 -0700 (PDT), "





wrote:
On Jul 23, 6:55*am, wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:35:36 -0700 (PDT), riverman wrote:
On Jul 21, 5:23*pm, wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:54:20 -0700 (PDT), BJConner wrote:

I don't think they Stealth would have had a unique design and
manufacture a reel *for that small of a market. *Some of the reels on
their website look very familiar. *If you look at your reel and start
looking at catalogs you may find the very same reel made by someone
else. *One of the reels on their website looked like an Okuma I was
going to buy once. *90%+ of reeks are made in china why not the
Stealth? *
Stealth probably refers to the way they got into the
country.

Well, that's one guess - mine would be that Stealth is the mode the company goes
into when asked for a part for something not currently being foisted on
unsuspecting Rivermen...

Geez, it's like Apple - our **** is the best, you can only get parts for about 5
minutes after we **** you with it and then, only from us if we choose to offer
any, and if it doesn't work, it's clearly your fault because you don't know how
to hold it, you idiot...hmmm....I wonder if Jobs and George had a baby and hid
it away in S. Africa - say, Myron, these ****ers don't sell over-priced
computers and MP3 players, silly-assed "reading devices" and crappy phones, too,
do they...?

TC,
R

Umm, no, and your Xenophobia is showing through.

My "Xenophobia?!" *Oh, man, Myron, God love ya, are you SURE you are a school
_teacher_...? *And _I'M_ not the one who accused the Chinese of stinking up
things...

HTH,
R
...whoda guessed that handJobs, George and whoever owns/runs Stealth were all,
um, "foreigners"...?

--riverman

Such a tool.

Run, Forrest, ru-u-u-u-nnnnn....

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA,
R

Lighter Than Air Dance once again. But you're the only one who thinks
it works.

---riverman