[modeleng] Re: Mystery thread
- From: "Shep" <shep.28@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:21:33 -0000
It could be a 5.5mm x 1mm pitch screw.
The easiest way out, may be to tap it to the next imperial or BA thread and
use a matching grubscrew?
Cheers! Hubert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Wade" <hww@xxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 3:41 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Mystery thread
>I am presently converting a 14" Rockwell wood bandsaw for metal cutting and
>I need to match the thread of a grubscrew (missing) for a David Brown
>reduction gearbox, which I assume was made in the UK. The screw diameter
>measures .216" and the pitch is between a 24 and 28tpi but it is neither a
>24 nor 28. The .216" is dead-on for a US #12 machine screw but it isn't
>that. Anyone have an idea what this thread might be?
> Regards,
> Harry
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