> From: Jeff Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> At 09:55 +0000 11/14/2002, pdimage.fsnet.co.uk wrote:
> The bottom bay is a bit of a headache to get a HD in and -
> presuming
> that I need a couple of extra long screws to secure it to the front of
> the case - where can I get these screws from? They seem to be american
> thread.
>
> I bought some of those when I built machines from empty J700 cases
> from Small Dog a year or so ago. Unfortunately, I did not note down
> the exact size. The thickness is #6 or #6 - 32 as that's the thread
> and size that screws into the holes in the bottom of standard hard
> drives. The length is what I'm unsure about. It's 1" or 1.25" I think.
>
> Are these difficult to find in the UK? Any hardware store that carries
> fasteners stocks them here, but we've barely made a baby step towards
> metric despite good intentions starting three decades ago.
>
> Jeff Walther
It cracks me up to see these called American threads ;-) As we are
using the old English standard which the UK used until they went
metric. America isn't likely to go metric in my lifetime. I guess
because we are a large country and it hard to push this many people
around with new ideas . No matter how good they are.
I just happen to have a J700 laying on the floor in pieces. I was
lucky enough to be given it by a local list member who wanted to get it
out of the house! So I pulled a screw out of the front flat mounted
hard drive. It is 1 inch long = 2.5 mm
I will defer to Jeff's #6-32 as I don't have a screw measuring device
at hand.
I'm surprised hard drives haven't gone metric given the world wide
market. perhaps there is a metric size that will fit...? Will S
PS. In the US stores carry both metric and what is called standard
screws
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