[Milsurplus] Naval radio experts: captive screws and other mysteri es

[gl4d21a at juno.com]

Todd:

There are two or more versions of those captive screws.  Keystone (keyelco.com) sells just the screws which are used with a simple tapped hole in the panel.  They have a unthreaded shank and threads on the tip.  The more complicated version has a sleeve which is "riveted" into the hole, and the screw is captive inside the sleeve from the factory.  It sounds like you have the latter.  These can be removed, but it is like trying to remove a rivet in salvagable form.  Possible, but not very easy.  I am sure that that hardware is available somewhere in small quantities, as it was used where I used to work.  Sometime in the next few weeks, I will determine the source and post it here.  In the meanwhile, what size (thread like 10-32) are you seeking, as I have a few somewhere left over from one of those projects?

73,
George
W5VPQ

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