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Ueee
11th November 2013, 10:10 AM
Hi all,
Does anyone know where i can get # sized UNC or UNF machine screws? I need some for the Rivett but have come up blank with all the places i could thing of. Small parts and bearings, Reeves in the UK, RS, ebay......

Taps seem to be easy enough to find.

The biggest challenge is i really want slotted Philister or Oval heads.

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Ew

texx
11th November 2013, 11:08 AM
google gave me this mob , 2 pdf files stainles and steel alloys

http://www.sockets.com.au/downloads/77531-SS_Stainless-LR.pdf

http://www.sockets.com.au/downloads/77565-Alloy_LR.pdf

Anorak Bob
11th November 2013, 11:19 AM
I don't know how small you want to go Ew but some hobby shops sell packets of numbered UNF/UNC fixings but usually as socket head cap screws. Try Searles over here - Untitled (http://www.searlefasteners.com.au)

If they have something and won't post them I can pick them up and send them off to you.

BT

Ueee
11th November 2013, 11:28 AM
Tiny Bob. #3,#7 and #12 were the originals used. All slotted.

Hi John, thanks for the links, you must have googled a different phrase from me, but unfortunitely they are all socked head.

I was thinking something along the lines of a model engineers supplies place, but all the ones i have found seem to have BA screws.

Ew

texx
11th November 2013, 12:00 PM
this mob have a big range but the web site is a bit wierd to navigate .

Screws - Machine - Stainless Steel - Countersunk Head (http://www.minibearings.com.au/store/partslist/screwsmachinestainlesssteelcountersunkhead/screwsmachinestainlesssteelcountersunkhead/all/1/)

nadroj
11th November 2013, 12:48 PM
Another supplier to try:
Aircraft Spruce Australia. Pilot and Aircraft Supplies. Aviation supplies for pilots, headsets & helmets, Garmin GPS, radios, flying suits, intercoms, windsocks, Airservices Publications, Jeppesen (http://www.aircraftspruce.com.au/Hardware.asp)

Jordan

bob ward
11th November 2013, 01:06 PM
Number screws are still in common use in the US. Apart from that I can't offer much help.

rogerbaker
11th November 2013, 04:02 PM
Try Keables in A'Beckett St Melbourne.
My experience is if they havent got it you wont get it anywhere.

Roger

Hunch
12th November 2013, 08:55 AM
Was after a few fillister head screws myself recently in 8 and 10/32 for an American machine, the place I tried which usually has everything, said I'd be unlikely to come across anything locally, so I settled for some shcs....as the aesthetics weren't a high priority.

If cheeseheads or pan heads are close enough, I'd imagine they would be available....if the imperfection doesn't eat away at your insides. :wink:

nadroj
12th November 2013, 11:33 AM
Was after a few fillister head screws myself recently in 8 and 10/32 for an American machine, the place I tried which usually has everything, said I'd be unlikely to come across anything locally


Try:

Aircraft Spruce Australia. Pilot and Aircraft Supplies. Aviation supplies for pilots, headsets & helmets, Garmin GPS, radios, flying suits, intercoms, windsocks, Airservices Publications, Jeppesen (http://www.aircraftspruce.com.au/Hardware.asp)

Most aeroplanes here come from USA, geddit?

Jordan

Ueee
13th November 2013, 09:15 PM
Thanks for all the replies guys.

The Spruce airplane place looks good. If not i have found out i can get a range of them from McMaster Carr or this place Micro Fasteners (http://www.microfasteners.com/)

Johnno, the place you linked "minibearings" is another arm of small parts and bearings. And yes, their website is painful to navigate.

Cheers,
Ew