[TheForge] Fw: Machine screw size?

[Jeff & Leslie]

its a 10 - 32 that starts so nicely then stops at 1/8'.  Threads are clean 
and does the same thing from both sides.
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fw: Machine screw size?


>
> I know there are people making odd size screws out there for replacements 
> parts you just have to look for them on the net.
>
> as far as turning the 10-24 in is the female thread clean?
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> Jim Davis
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>> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:22:02 -0700
>> From: artgawk at thegrid.net
>> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fw: Machine screw size?
>>
>> Foreign auto dealers and parts places as well as many bearing houses
>> have metric threads.
>> Before the SAE etc, many manufacturers simply developed their own
>> threads and those from a Ford wouldn't fit a buick, etc.
>>
>> David E. Smucker wrote:
>> > Any other marking or name on anything? Place of manufacture? Any guess 
>> > on
>> > age?
>> >
>> > If it was British made (as many older planes were) and it is pre-metric 
>> > then
>> > it is most likely a Whitworth thread. They are 55 degrees vs. the USA 
>> > and
>> > metric threads that are 60 degrees. You will not find these anywhere 
>> > easy
>> > in the states except maybe somewhere on the web. Older British cars 
>> > also
>> > used the Whitworth thread form, as did older British guns.
>> >
>> > Hell, if your not trying to "restore" it then just tap it out -- of 
>> > course
>> > you will destroy its value to collectors -- old planes go for a bunch 
>> > among
>> > tool collectors.
>> >
>> > Then again it may be metric. Bike stores will have smaller metric 
>> > bolts.
>> >
>> > Dave
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------------------
>> > From: "CGRAF" <adveniam at att.net>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:47 PM
>> > To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] Machine screw size?
>> >
>> >> You might want to join and ask this question on
>> >> the oldtools list.
>> >> http://ruckus.law.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oldtools
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Mike Graf
>> >>
>> >> Jeff & Leslie wrote:
>> >>> Today in a trash pile I found a little 1" wide blade, plane. I found
>> >>> three
>> >>> pieces, the body, the blade, and the "wedge" that slips over the 
>> >>> blade
>> >>> and
>> >>> tensions it when a screw is tightened thru this piece against the 
>> >>> blade.
>> >>> I'm trying to find the screw and nothing I have fits. A 10 - 32 
>> >>> starts
>> >>> easily and then after 1/8" it won't go anymore. I don't have a metric
>> >>> that
>> >>> small so maybe that's it. Anyone familiar with this situation and 
>> >>> have a
>> >>> guess as to what size it is. I could run a 10 - 32 tap thru it, or go 
>> >>> to
>> >>> lowes and see if anything fits. Thanks,
>> >>>
>> >>> Jeff in WTF is it this hot Tallahassee
>> >>>
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