Re: [Emc-users] Need a 2-56 screw about 1/8 long hate to buy 100 to get one.

2014-05-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 27 May 2014 00:56:17 Greg Bernard did opine And Gene did reply: 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. There is one, Hobby Stop in Bridgeport, and I intend to hit them as the first 2

Re: [Emc-users] Need a 2-56 screw about 1/8 long hate to buy 100 to get one.

2014-05-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 27 May 2014 01:12:40 rayj did opine And Gene did reply: Greetings Gene, I have some in ferrous metal, but not in brass. Let me know if you need a couple. Raymond Julian Kettle River, MN Thanks Raymond, but I think the non-ferrous, because of its lack of induced magnetism

Re: [Emc-users] Need a 2-56 screw about 1/8 long hate to buy 100 to get one.

2014-05-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 27 May 2014 01:14:55 Gregg Eshelman did opine And Gene did reply: On 5/26/2014 10:27 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: 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

Re: [Emc-users] Need a 2-56 screw about 1/8 long hate to buy 100 to get one.

2014-05-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 27 May 2014 02:12:43 Gene Heskett did opine And Gene did reply: On Tuesday 27 May 2014 01:14:55 Gregg Eshelman did opine And Gene did reply: On 5/26/2014 10:27 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: But when I was re-assembling the nut, I managed to drop one of the 2, 2-56 x 1/8 screws

[Emc-users] Need a 2-56 screw about 1/8 long hate to buy 100 to get one.

2014-05-26 Thread Gene Heskett
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.

Re: [Emc-users] Need a 2-56 screw about 1/8 long hate to buy 100 to get one.

2014-05-26 Thread Greg Bernard
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

Re: [Emc-users] Need a 2-56 screw about 1/8 long hate to buy 100 to get one.

2014-05-26 Thread rayj
Greetings Gene, I have some in ferrous metal, but not in brass. Let me know if you need a couple. Raymond Julian Kettle River, MN The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits

Re: [Emc-users] Need a 2-56 screw about 1/8 long hate to buy 100 to get one.

2014-05-26 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 5/26/2014 10:27 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: 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