Good tip. I have also heard of coating them with Mercurial Ointment from the Chemist's Shop to kep the threads from seizing. Al Messer --- alan Stepney <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I just received the following, > > If you are threading stainless steel nuts and bolts > together make sure they > are scrupulously clean and coat with a little Milk > of Magnesia. Same goes > for stainless sleeves onto stainless spindles, if > you want to avoid pick-up > on fine tolerances then absolute cleanliness and > Milk of Magnesia does the > trick. > > > Alan > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.