On Friday 08 February 2013 05:49:05 Mark Wendt did opine: Message additions Copyright Friday 08 February 2013 by Gene Heskett
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:28 AM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > I don't think my tap collection includes that one, and #12 screws seem > > to have become an endangered specie over the last 50 years. ISTR one > > of the ancient equipment racks we have at the tv station was tapped > > 12-24 & it took Ace Hdwe about 6 weeks to find me a box of them 25 > > years ago. > > > > I have some 6x1mm bolts, I'll clean one up and see if it will fit the > > hole. If that flies, I might try to bore a socket head to 1/4-28, run > > a #60 drill thru it and use an American fitting. I also have not > > stopped at NAPA, where, due to the metrification of the auto industry > > here, they may have a 6mm zerk with an American sized head on it. > > The chinese versions head is about 0.021" smaller OD, and a different > > profile that doesn't even try to fit our grease gun sockets. No > > place in my touring last evening had a grease gun tip for the std > > 1/8" pipe grease guns that had any mention of the word metric on the > > blister pack card. > > > > Frankly, my country is becoming a fossilized 3rd world island, > > Zimbabwe is the only other holdout to all metric. I think the word > > is PIMA? IMO, tooling wears out, and when it wears out, replace it > > with metric equ's and be done with it. But some fossil like me in a > > corner office that represents TPTB, can't think in metric. Don't > > these folks ever retire? > > > >> No metric threads in that size are coarser than 1mm. > > > > Good to know, thanks Andy. > > > > Cheers, Gene > > Gene, > > Are you sure it's a grease zerk fitting and not an oiler zerk fitting? > > Mark > If there is a diff, where can I get the oiler to fit it. In 78 years, I've not seen such a device on this side of the pond, Not saying there isn't one though. This has the usual top closure of a small spring loaded ball in the tip to keep the dirt out just like a std zerk. The oil cups generally have a spring loaded flip top lid and have to face up to be useful. Thanks Mark. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> A fanatic is a person who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. -- Winston Churchill I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
