[R-390] Need help with an escutcheon

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Looks like I may have found a solution for this.  Home Depot sells stainless 
steel button-head cap screws.  A #6-32 seems to fit just great and since it is 
a cap screw, the tiny hex-socket is hardly noticeable - much less noticeable 
than a flat-head phillips-head screw.  I plan to have the heads powder-coated 
the same color as the escutcheon and it should blend in quite nicely.  A 
conical washer to match the countersink in the escutcheon would be nice, but I 
don't think it is entirely necessary.

A simple backing plate to clamp the glass in place and I'm in business.

Barry(III) - N4BUQ


> I have an escutcheon that is missing the machined "rivets" that hold the 
> clamps that hold the glass in place.  If I had a lathe, I could machine some 
> 
> replacements myself, but I don't have access to one.  Even if I did have 
> these, 
> making the little spring-like holders would be a challenge.
> 
> If I could get some replacement "rivets", I could fashion something to hold 
> the glass in place.  Alternatively, I was thinking that if I could get some 
> small screws (#6-32?) and have them machined to match the conical shape and 
> rounded head, then I could use them to hold a "backing" frame as well.  
> Using 
> flat-head machine screws just looks wrong.
> 
> Anyone know how I might solve this?  I kind of hate to get an entire 
> replacement escutcheon (although that would be nice), because if I can fix 
> this one 
> suitably, it will keep me from having another useless spare part.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Barry(III) - N4BUQ
>