Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-10 Thread Chris Albertson
McMaster Carr has M7 cap screws. they are "class 12.1" screws made of alloy steel. Not cheap $3 to $7 each. Look them up on-line. They "everything" even aluminum and left hand thread cap screws. -- Mobile security can

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-10 Thread Dave Cole
On 5/10/2016 7:27 AM, Mark wrote: > On 05/09/2016 04:49 PM, andy pugh wrote: >> On 9 May 2016 at 18:22, Dave Cole wrote: >>> Andy is probably going to want to stop there and pickup some arms since >>> I heard he is coming to the Detroit area probably to hang out at the

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-10 Thread Mark
On 05/09/2016 04:49 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 9 May 2016 at 18:22, Dave Cole wrote: >> Andy is probably going to want to stop there and pickup some arms since >> I heard he is coming to the Detroit area probably to hang out at the >> Ford glass house. ;-) > Actually, I

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread Gregg Eshelman
If they have a metric screws by the pound sign, take a picture of it. :) From: Dave Cole <linuxcncro...@gmail.com> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, May 9, 2016 7:06 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they? Gene, Do yo

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread Dave Cole
Then you will fit right in! ;-) Dave On 5/9/2016 5:55 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 9 May 2016 at 23:37, Dave Cole wrote: >> On Warren, You will drive by some seedy places as you go east of the >> Southfield freeway and then it gets better. (The area is really quite safe)

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread andy pugh
On 9 May 2016 at 23:37, Dave Cole wrote: > On Warren, You will drive by some seedy places as you go east of the > Southfield freeway and then it gets better. (The area is really quite safe) I _live_ in a seedy area. :-) -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread Dave Cole
On 5/9/2016 4:49 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 9 May 2016 at 18:22, Dave Cole wrote: >> Andy is probably going to want to stop there and pickup some arms since >> I heard he is coming to the Detroit area probably to hang out at the >> Ford glass house. ;-) > Actually, I am

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread andy pugh
On 9 May 2016 at 18:22, Dave Cole wrote: > Andy is probably going to want to stop there and pickup some arms since > I heard he is coming to the Detroit area probably to hang out at the > Ford glass house. ;-) Actually, I am sat in the office at Roush based in what

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread Peter Blodow
I made some M35 taps by hand years ago when I built my observatory, it took two persons, though. Peter Am 09.05.2016 22:23, schrieb Adam McLeod: > If you are lacking torque, another option is to only run the tap in to > your first peck, then hand tap the rest. There should be enough there > to

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread Adam McLeod
If you are lacking torque, another option is to only run the tap in to your first peck, then hand tap the rest. There should be enough there to get the tap started nice and square, and M8 taps aren't too difficult to drive by hand with a decent wrench. Adam On 2016-05-07 22:49, Gene Heskett

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 09 May 2016 14:14:12 Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > > > > Probably true, but IIRC they have a minimum order, and I am > > > > running out of time, ... > > > > > > You might get lucky if you look at the lamp hook. > > > > Lamp hook? > > Yes, the lamp hooks in my roof use M7, I need longer

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 09 May 2016 13:22:41 Dave Cole wrote: > Well, it looks like they are getting closer to you. > http://www.ruralking.com/storelocator/index/index I had to go to 75 miles to find 3 stores, but the distance claimed is a straight line path. 60 miles to Parkersburg but from here, on a good

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> > > Probably true, but IIRC they have a minimum order, and I am running > > > out of time, ... > > > > You might get lucky if you look at the lamp hook. > > Lamp hook? Yes, the lamp hooks in my roof use M7, I need longer screws but nobody sell, it is this built in kind of plastic box with

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread Dave Cole
Well, it looks like they are getting closer to you. http://www.ruralking.com/storelocator/index/index They have expanded rapidly in Indiana. They are like a TSC on Steroids. They also sell a lot of things that go bang. I think firearms is a substantial part of their business. Andy is probably

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 09 May 2016 12:24:53 Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > > Probably true, but IIRC they have a minimum order, and I am running > > out of time, ... > > You might get lucky if you look at the lamp hook. Lamp hook? Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 09 May 2016 09:52:09 andy pugh wrote: > On 9 May 2016 at 03:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Your 7mm holes, if 1.0 pitch, can probably be made into 8mm x1.0 > > holes for bolts you can get with the right drill &_ tap. > > I have 8x1 taps for proximity sensor holes, but I

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> Probably true, but IIRC they have a minimum order, and I am running out > of time, ... You might get lucky if you look at the lamp hook. -- Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications Manager

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 09 May 2016 09:27:26 Rick Lair wrote: > Hello Gene, > > Not sure if it was mentioned, > > Have you looked at Mcmaster Carr, I see they have M7x1 SHCS, various > lengths, > > http://www.mcmaster.com/#socket-head-cap-screws/=12c2urv > > And you could have them next day, > > Rick Probably

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 09 May 2016 09:06:39 Dave Cole wrote: > Gene, > Do you have any Rural King stores around you? Never heard of them. Where are you that you have one of those critters nearby? > The local big Rural King is selling metric screws by the pound. > A little ironic I think; They should

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread andy pugh
On 9 May 2016 at 03:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Your 7mm holes, if 1.0 pitch, can probably be made into 8mm x1.0 holes > for bolts you can get with the right drill &_ tap. I have 8x1 taps for proximity sensor holes, but I would reckon on having less luck finding M8x1 bolts

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread Rick Lair
Hello Gene, Not sure if it was mentioned, Have you looked at Mcmaster Carr, I see they have M7x1 SHCS, various lengths, http://www.mcmaster.com/#socket-head-cap-screws/=12c2urv And you could have them next day, Rick On 05/09/2016 09:06 AM, Dave Cole wrote: > Gene, > Do you have any Rural

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-09 Thread Dave Cole
Gene, Do you have any Rural King stores around you? The local big Rural King is selling metric screws by the pound. A little ironic I think; They should probably be selling them by the Kilogram. ;-) That said; I doubt that they have 7mm screws if they are rare. But I know they have 6 and 8 mm

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 08 May 2016 15:20:34 Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > I have two lamps I should put in roof with M7 screws. The old ones are > to short and nobody sells M7. > I finally figured out where I had buried the last tap & die set I'd bought at a factory outlet store about a year back, uncovered it

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-08 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
I have two lamps I should put in roof with M7 screws. The old ones are to short and nobody sells M7. On Sun, 8 May 2016 05:54:19 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 08 May 2016 02:59:12 Peter Blodow wrote: > > > Gene, > > > > M7 screws are as rare as white raven since

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 08 May 2016 02:59:12 Peter Blodow wrote: > Gene, > > M7 screws are as rare as white raven since this thread is only > printed in fine italics the DIN book. The only place I know of them > being used is for fastening the cooler fan of some Renault vehicles, > but merely in left handed

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 08 May 2016 02:50:55 Marcus Bowman wrote: > On 8 May 2016, at 04:49, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > Trying to hold a 10" diamond saw blade yesterday, tight enough to > > keep it from slipping, I striped out the 6mm threads in my arbor. > > > > So today I bored it gently

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 May 2016 at 04:49, Gene Heskett wrote: > So, just out of curiosity, are 7mm bolts really that hard to find Yes. I bought an M7 tap for the very first time a few months ago. It's a very uncommon size. Used to hold the camshaft sprocket on a Yamaha R1, but not for much

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-08 Thread Peter Blodow
Gene, M7 screws are as rare as white raven since this thread is only printed in fine italics the DIN book. The only place I know of them being used is for fastening the cooler fan of some Renault vehicles, but merely in left handed version. No kidden. The French are supposed to use M7 more

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-08 Thread Marcus Bowman
On 8 May 2016, at 04:49, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > Trying to hold a 10" diamond saw blade yesterday, tight enough to keep it > from slipping, I striped out the 6mm threads in my arbor. > > So today I bored it gently out to around .230" or 15/64's and re-tapped > that to 7mm

[Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

2016-05-07 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Trying to hold a 10" diamond saw blade yesterday, tight enough to keep it from slipping, I striped out the 6mm threads in my arbor. So today I bored it gently out to around .230" or 15/64's and re-tapped that to 7mm x1.0. It wasn't until I was cleaning that up that I realized