I bought a box of 100 because I was dealing with six stations that had multiple missing screws. I probably used 30-40 of them, and they were all going into holes that previously had screws in them, so no tapping was required. Eventually we moved some of the T30 screws around to the blank panels and less-used assemblies.
Home Despot is horribly stocked with Metric hardware. We used to have a Sears Hardware store in town, but H-D conveniently did away with that venture. At least they had a lot of odd-ball stuff and managed to keep it in stock. I still have plenty of the screws I bought. They're probably longer than 10mm but that's rarely a problem. I also managed to buy an M6x1 tap, so if I don't have a spare self-tapping screw, I can just run the tap in and get the job done that way. It's big and probably will never break. Bob M. ====== --- On Mon, 8/25/08, Milt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Milt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Rackmount clips/screws > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, August 25, 2008, 11:44 AM > Not a bad idea Bob. The Lowes store nearby has M6x1x10 hex > heads at 0.23 > each. Other suppliers probably have better pricing. > Motorola's pricing > looks like 0.15 each. > > Milt > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:00 AM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Rackmount clips/screws > > > >I found that it's very easy to use one of the > existing M6x1 T30 > >self-tapping screws to tap any other virgin holes in > the rack, then an > >ordinary M6x1 Phillips-head machine screw can be used > in its place. I > >bought a box of 100 of them from a local hardware > company for about $5 and > >replaced all the missing screws. > > > > OK, they're not black, they're not original, > and they're not T30, but it's > > easier to put the new screws into the old holes in the > most used locations > > and just use the Phillips driver from then on. > > > > Bob M. > > ====== > > --- On Mon, 8/25/08, Milt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> From: Milt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Rackmount > clips/screws > >> To: [email protected] > >> Date: Monday, August 25, 2008, 6:38 AM > >> > Now Motorola cabinets on the other hand > mostly have > >> 1/4" holes for the > >> > tinnerman nuts he was talking about... > >> > >> The current Motorola floor mount cabinets how have > rack > >> rails that are > >> predrilled for metric screws. > >> The size is M6x1. The screws are a T30 Torx head > and are > >> self threading. > >> Based on a quick check of Lowes' pricing for > metric > >> hardware it's cheaper to > >> purchase the self threading screw from Motorola. > >> > >> Milt > >> N3LTQ
