need 4-40 thumbscrews

Try

They are in the McMaster catalog. Take a look there next time before you post.

msc-direct.com

In addition to the other suggestions, you can make your own in the exact length you need by pressing on these:

Ned Simmons

cool, but i wouldn't have thought flux would be strong enough. + it contains lead so I guess that if you want to play it by the book, you're meant to wash your hands after you touch it.

Not everybody in Britain deserves to be chided for not having heard of McMaster-Carr

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:46:19 -0400, "Michael A. Covington" calmly ranted:

They do if they've been following the group for a month or longer. McMaster-Carr has been mentioned 3,380 times here, 29 times in the last month, 5 times this month, and at least twice today. ;)

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- Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it? -

I suppose those intimidated by the presence of lead could use JB Weld.... Or even silver solder...

I was born in a much more hazardous time. We got our toothpaste in lead tubes, X-rayed our feet in the shoe store and even rode bicycles without helmets!

Now we are troubl>> I use these frequently on computer connectors. I make them by

I was probably a little harsh. It was only after rereading the post twice that I realized the poster was from the UK and might not have a McMasters handy. Plus my back hurt from walking across the office carrying it (:

See my other post on the thread.

Actually, I'd use silver solder or brazing for a job like that just because it gives a stronger joint. It is a real pain to have the washer snap off your homemade thumb screw when you're trying to loosen something.

--RC

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:39:56 -0700, Owlmeat calmly ranted:

Yeah, I absolutely HAVE to make that dictionary stand so I can get the Webbie's Hernia Edition next to my office chair and off the floor. I'll beef it up to hold the MSC, McMaster, Lee Valley, and Griz catalogs, too.

Hi Anon, I can Probably get these for you, here in Canada and probably at a reasonable price. If Interested, send me an E-mail and let me know the details as well as the quantity needed. Put the word "Electronic in the Subject Line" or it will go to my Junk Mail.

Take care........Gary

look up RAF hardware in Connecticutt or you can take some jack screws from any communications type "D" connector or rs232 conn. or any DB type conn and since they are usually made of brass, you can solder a piece of material to the end of it

Threaded posts could be fashioned into thumbscrews, no? ;->

I use these. (Don't have to stock 2 kinds of parts).

I asked them "do you sell #6-32 and #4-40 thumbscrews in lengths of 3mm and 4mm?" they replied "We are unable to provide the size that meets your specifications"

Their catalogue only goes down to about 3/16"

who sells thumbscrews of such a small length?

So you don't care about the length, and then you do care about the length as soon as someone points out a source, but the source has them long.

Sheesh.

Buy the length available, put a nut on it, file it off, take the nut off, & quit whining, Ms. Anonymous.