[GreenKeys] Teletype screw thead sizes

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Nagle" <nagle at animats.com>
To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 12:12 PM
Subject: [GreenKeys] Teletype screw thead sizes


>   Teletype Corp. made their own screws, and their thread 
> sizes are
> typically between today's coarse and fine sizes.  They 
> also liked
> flat-head screws with narrow slots.  Is a table of
> Teletype screw standards available?
>
> John Nagle
>
    I've encountered screws with narrow slots on cameras and 
typewriters. I generally grind a standard screwdriver to 
fit.  Western Electric seems to have liked odd threads too.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
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