Edward, Just be careful using stainless fasteners in aluminum. They may gall and you might have trouble removing them after a time. This is a bigger problem when using plated fasteners in stainless, but can happen anytime stainless is one of the components. A tiny dab of anti-seize should help.
Terry On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 11:46:14 AM UTC-5, Edward Van Belkom wrote: > > Before I get all my holes drilled I thought I would check the hole spacing > and 1/4-40 tap for the switches. I was going to use nuts on the outside > instead of tapping the holes but I think this will look cleaner overall. I > also wanted to see what size fasteners I wanted and am going with stainless > 8-32 flat head socket head screws. Here is the test piece I made from 1/8" > thick aluminum angle I had laying around. I also brushed it with 80 grit > sandpaper to see how it would look. I just used a sharpie to color it > black to get an idea how it would look. Everything looks like it will fit > ok and the tap worked perfectly for the threads on the switches. > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2T5_XgcpkvM/Wba5s1dhuAI/AAAAAAAAA9w/E5M_Q50lQAEe0y-2kEMB6zt9MswH8HHJwCL4CGAYYCw/s1600/IMG_20170911_111541471.jpg> > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6GqcBW8KRd4/Wba5s2itcRI/AAAAAAAAA90/RYPTN3M2eK078--wrmEexNFoocO1-9UZACL4CGAYYCw/s1600/IMG_20170911_111616597%2B%25282%2529.jpg> > > > > >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/79ad0b02-60bb-47b6-a8d0-f9633e617b64%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
