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

[rbethman]

List,

Wayne is very frequently at the Museum there in Colorado Springs.

The only way to get one of these would be to rob one from a restored 
Warbird!

It isn't as easy as one might think!

Wayne and I have been working this off-line.  So far no luck!

Regards, Bob - N0DGN

On 1/18/2016 8:40 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote:
> Great idea, long long long ago I started working at a Avionics shop, if the
> instrument guys are still the same, they never throw anything out.
>
> -pee
>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 6:22 PM, <w5jo at brightok.net> wrote:
>
>> Since you are dealing with an altimeter why not search for altimeter
>> repair shops then see if anyone can direct you to what you need.  Some of
>> the old repair shops may have what you need.
>>
>> Jim
>> W5JO
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 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