On 01/06/2018 06:07 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: > On 07/01/2018 01:44, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> On 01/06/2018 04:54 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: >> >>> No, as would be obvious to anyone looking carefully at the photo (or the >>> real thing!), it's 1/4" x 20 UNC. I really must learn to think before >>> putting finger to keyboard. >> >> If it's "quarter-twenty", that's a size shared by many refrigerators and >> other heavy household appliances. I think I even have a few of those >> mushroom-headed screws salvaged from one. > > Except the proper screws are countersink head, not mushroom, because > mushroom heads would prevent the kickplate being fitted (and the shank > is 5/16" - only the end is threaded 1/4-20).
Ah, okay--I'm used to HP racks, which are a bit more traditional. Well, there's always the ol' lathe... --Chuck
