[ARC5] WTB: ARC-5 screws

[J Forster]

Actually, putting a decent black oxide film on brass is relatively easy
if you are a bit handy with simple chemistry. Often eBay has the needed
chemicals with little hassle. A HS chem teacher might help too.

Also, there are commercial brass blackning products. See:

http://www.epi.com/black-oxide/hot-oxide-blackening.html

They might be convinced to send you an ounce to try it out. That would
do a lot of screws.

-John




WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

> The majority of the originals are black oxide finished brass.  The
> nickle plated brass was mostly used internally.  Except that some
> models used them to attach the bottom cover and the front plug-in
> adaptor.  The head style is binding.  Even today, you get variations
> in the exact head dimensions when you buy nominally binding head
> machine screws.
>
> It is getting difficult to find anyone who will do black oxide, but
> the odds of finding someone who will do brass are much better than
> steel or stainless steel.  On the other hand, plain finish stainless
> steel is a good look-alike substitute for nickle plated brass.
>
> There were also two or three different lengths.  I think the shortest
> ones were used for attaching capacitors and relays to the side of the
> chassis, with slightly longer ones used in the covers and front
> adaptors.
>
> In a message dated 5/14/2007 3:06:54 PM Central Standard Time,
> jfor at quik.com writes:
>
>> I think the originals were plated brass, but with age the SS is a
>> decent match. If they won't ship internationally, drop me a note.
>> The origal heads were
>> certainly not pan head, but are you sure they were binding head, or
>> some long forgotten style ? They seem a bit small.
>>
>> -John
>