[Boatanchors] [ARC5] Source for #2-64 cheesehead screws?

[hwhall at compuserve.com]

I've looked into some places like that but the small screw thread always comes with a small head. I have found some larger screws with the right head diameter which is not threaded all the way to the head but (1) its stainless steel and (2) I don't have a way to cut the shank down enough to get it into a 2-64 threading die.
 

 Wayne

 

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From: Jim Wiley <jwiley at gci.net>
To: hwhall <hwhall at compuserve.com>; arc5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; boatanchors <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>; milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sat, Jan 16, 2016 5:49 pm
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Source for #2-64 cheesehead screws?


    Try a model railroader      supply house.  Many of        these places have an on-line presence these days.  
          
        Do a Google search for model RR parts and supplies. 
          
          They use screws as small as 00-80.    (You                              will need a magnifying glass!) 
                          
                          You may have to do a bit of filing with                                  a jewelers file to get                              the head contour you want if a sock screw                              isn't exactly what you want.                                   You can always "re-blacken" the                                          screw after making shape                                              changes. 
                                              
                                              -                                                  Jim, KL7CC
                                                  
                                                  
                                                
    
On 1/16/2016 2:49 PM,      hwhall at compuserve.com wrote:
    
    
I'm hoping someone knows where to find an odd item          like this one.  It's to replace the lockdown screw on a          WWII-vintage altimeter.  The original was blackened brass,          with a square shouldered head (which I've heard called          cheeseheads) 7/32 inch in diameter & 1/16 inch thick.           Threads were #2-64 & a little less than 1/4 inch long.           McMaster-Carr, normally a name to conjure with, doesn't have          anything that small, and that's an unusually large head for          such small threads.
          
          Thanks & 73,
          
          Wayne
          WB4OGM
                    
      
      
      
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