Chevrolet horn button screws

[Mike Cecil]

Tony, I have a credit card, and they do accept orders from me. It was a genuine offer to MLU members. I doubt very much any MLU member would fail to reimburse me if they availed themselves of the offer.

Mike

[Lynn Eades]

On behalf of the many (I have not asked) and myself, Thank you Mike! I will keep you in mind, but would not take you up on your offer lightly.
There are many areas these days, that are not available in a small country like N.Z. For instance.
Things like American thread form fasteners are fast disappearing from stock lines in this country. Of late. I have been looking for screws for QMC WWII tail lights and have bought a pair (2 screws)for AU $6.60 which is bloody steep. Hopefully they turn up with the right heads and hopefully stainless?
Another thing I cant seem to get here is flaps (rust bands) for a 600 or 6.50 x 16 (combat rim) Seems silly to me.
I buy BSF fasteners from the U.K. because although the odd supplier here, has some 1/4" and 3/8" bsf, nuts they cant / dont supply 5/16 bsf. ( I need them for my riveted carriers)
The world is fast changing.
On another note, I have found a company that will crimp ends onto a jeep hand brake cable. They are a marine company that makes rigging for yachts.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

On behalf of the many (I have not asked) and myself, Thank you Mike! I will keep you in mind, but would not take you up on your offer lightly.
There are many areas these days, that are not available in a small country like N.Z. For instance.
Things like American thread form fasteners are fast disappearing from stock lines in this country. Of late. I have been looking for screws for QMC WWII tail lights and have bought a pair (2 screws)for AU $6.60 which is bloody steep. Hopefully they turn up with the right heads and hopefully stainless?
Another thing I cant seem to get here is flaps (rust bands) for a 600 or 6.50 x 16 (combat rim) Seems silly to me.
I buy BSF fasteners from the U.K. because although the odd supplier here, has some 1/4" and 3/8" bsf, nuts they cant / dont supply 5/16 bsf. ( I need them for my riveted carriers)
The world is fast changing.
On another note, I have found a company that will crimp ends onto a jeep hand brake cable. They are a marine company that makes rigging for yachts.

Yeah everything is changing fast. But the local hardware store in the village here will still sell you nails by weight, the store employee uses old fashioned scales and the nails are put into a brown paper bag . He also sells Whitworth thread fasteners but for how long ?

It's getting to the stage of having to make your own fasteners , I've done this a few times, lucky for me that I have a few different taps and dies, including some B.A. taps that I found at a hamfest , these particular B.A. taps were made by the Pratt & Whitney engine Company U.S.A. Go figure that one !

[motto (RIP)]

Pratt and Whitney have a diverse history. It is a surprise for many to learn that they were the prime contractor for the establishment of the Lithgow Small Arms factory.

David

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by motto

Pratt and Whitney have a diverse history. It is a surprise for many to learn that they were the prime contractor for the establishment of the Lithgow Small Arms factory.

David

Yes, I had a look on google and I found that P&W, before they opened their aircraft division, were better known as a machine tool company

http://www.lathes.co.uk/pratt&whitney/

https://connecticuthistory.org/the-e...craft-company/

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

On this topic of old hardware getting difficult to find, part of my solution is a large heavy wooden crate in the corner of the shop filled with used but good nuts, bolts, washers, and other hardware. In to this crate goes any old/good hardware the comes up extra in the shop. When working on projects and I need hardware I first look through my new hardware stock when that fail its down on my knees to paw through the box. Amazing how often I find what I need.

This box is a family tradition my dad worked in a Naval Research facility starting in 1942, the box was a fixture in that shop in the late 1950s when the box was headed for the scrap bin, it and its contents came home. From then on it was it was common to be handed a sample nut bolt etc and told to "find me one of these" that's how learned about sizes, thread counts etc.

I actually have several of these "hoarding" boxes 3 with all the original bolts taken off my CMPs you know the ones not good enough to reuse but still good. Another has new extra hardware left over that not been sorted back in to new hardware stock shelves.

No I don't have the WWII box of bolts my brother has that in his shop.

For years I have harvested all the nuts bolts screws from any piece of equipment that has reached end of life. One thing that has become obvious over the last 20 years is that the quality of hardware use has gone down sharply.

Cheers Phil

[Lynn Eades]

Well, ... we certainly derailed this thread (as it has already been used by some other nut) No pun intended.