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

[drlegendre .]

If it's a ex-mil item, it may well be a custom screw. The .mil makes all
kinds of odd demands of contract manufacturers..

So.. if some "standard-issue toolkit" has a small flat-blade driver that's
too large for the standard screw head, they might specify the mfr. add a
larger head to the existing pattern to work with their tools.

On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 7:39 PM, drlegendre . <drlegendre at gmail.com> wrote:

> If it's a ex-mil item, it may well be a custom screw. The .mil makes all
> kinds of odd demands of contract manufacturers..
>
> So.. if some "standard-issue toolkit" has a small flat-blade driver that's
> too large for the standard screw head, they might specify the mfr. add a
> larger head to the existing pattern to work with their tools.
>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 7:18 PM, Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
>> You remind me of a funny story.  I used to have a friend with a watch
>> repair shop.  His workbench was right in the store, so customers
>> could see him working (and he could see them come in).  He told me
>> about two people who came in once and were watching him intently as
>> he worked on a watch.
>>
>> #1: "How do they make screws that tiny?"
>>
>> #2: "They don't make them.  They come ready-made."
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