Do you have a decent hobby shop near you, Gene? They usually stock a pretty good selection of tiny screws as well as other useful bits.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist." -Kenneth Boulding, economist “How unfortunate that the Earth’s first intelligent social animal is a tribal carnivore” -E.O. Wilson, sociobiologist >________________________________ > From: Gene Heskett <[email protected]> >To: [brierpatch] <[email protected]>; [email protected] >Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 11:27 PM >Subject: [Emc-users] Need a 2-56 screw about 1/8" long & hate to buy 100 to >get one. > > >Greetings all; > >While working on my mill, putting ball screws in this sows ear, I needed >to reduce the size of the ball nut itself because of insufficient room >under the X table for the 19.07mm diameter nut, and anything that could >function as a nut holder. > >The clearance was about 19.17mm. Not enough to allow a wrapper on any >strength at all around the nut so as to allow anchoring it to the top of >the Y drive slider. > >So I stripped the nut, and used a dremel diamond disk to reduce its width >to about 15mm, which still gave about 1.5mm of steel around the ball >tracks in the nut. > >But when I was re-assembling the nut, I managed to drop one of the 2, 2-56 >x 1/8" screws that retain the nuts ball recycling tube hold down strap. >This screw is about the same length, but about 2 times the diameter of the >one in the bow hinge of most glasses frames. > >Dropped in about an inch of leaf & twig litter from a Maple tree in the >neighbors yard across the back fence on the deck flooring in front of my >shop building. Assuming it was steel and that one of my dial indicator >magnetic bases would pick it up I spent about 20 minutes stirring in the >litter, sort of sweeping it into small piles I could pick up and drop in >the trash can, but never picked up the screw that I know of. It finally >dawned on me that while it was white, it could be plated brass. Dragging >out a screwdriver that was known to be magnetized, I confirmed the other >screw was indeed non-ferrous. > >Oops. But it makes sense as one would not want a magnetized screw to >impede the otherwise free rolling balls. > >And apparently its gone forever. So until I can find another, also brass, >I am dead in the water because I cannot re-load the nut with balls until >that screw hole, which is just big enough to let a 1/16" ball leak out, is >plugged. > >To buy it out on the net will cost me at least a $20 bill (100+ship), and >with minimum order charges, possibly as much as $50. > >So I am headed out in the morning to look for a semi-local place where I >might get lucky and find a brass screw that size, and failing that, some >brass stock suitable for making one, but I've no clue if my single tooth >can make one of those. 56 tpi seems like it would push the G76 canned >code about as far as it can be pushed, although it has made some very good >32 tpi threads. > >So, if I fail on this, I'll be back in a day or so, asking folks to go >thru their "hell boxes" to see if one can be found. > >Cheers, Gene Heskett >-- >"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: >soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." >-Ed Howdershelt (Author) >Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> >US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >The best possible search technologies are now affordable for all companies. >Download your FREE open source Enterprise Search Engine today! >Our experts will assist you in its installation for $59/mo, no commitment. >Test it for FREE on our Cloud platform anytime! >http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=145328191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The best possible search technologies are now affordable for all companies. Download your FREE open source Enterprise Search Engine today! Our experts will assist you in its installation for $59/mo, no commitment. Test it for FREE on our Cloud platform anytime! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=145328191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
