[Boatanchors] A question of screws

[Philip Atchley]

Hi Y'all,

I was given a nice 5 foot (apparently) solid copper buss bar that was pulled 
from a military 19" rack cabinet.  It has 10-32 tapped holes every two 
inches and is going to replace the length of steel "plumbers tape" and 1/4 
inch bolts that I presently use for a ground buss under my radio bench.  I 
say "apparently" solid copper as a deep file cut shows ONLY copper, though 
it seems "harder" than I usually expect copper to be (alloy?).

I was going to try to find some "Brass" 10-32 screws to (hopefully) prevent 
dissimilar metal corrosion.  I've been told that "most" brass screws are 
just brass plated steel and that "copper-nickel" would be better.

QUESTION:  Are "Copper-nickel" commonly available screws, or would I perhaps 
do as well with "stainless steel" which is "probably" available at my local 
ACE Hardware store?

73 de Phil,  KO6BB
http://users.mercednet.com/beaconeer/
Merced, Central California, 37.3N  120.48W  CM97sh

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