On Wednesday 11 July 2012 10:02:09 andy pugh did opine: > On 11 July 2012 14:03, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > The screw I assume was a long stock > > sized allen socket setscrew with the newer, smaller thread cut on the > > end? > > Indeed. > > > Having toured the lumber yards and tractor supply locally, that is > > something I'd have to get from amazon or ?? > > I think I got mine from eBay. I could have bought locally from a > specialist, but it wasn't worth the bother. > http://www.ebay.com/itm/350556322192 for example. > > > I expect the maximum > > practical thread into the end of it will be no more than 5mm. Tensile > > strength of that would be about equ a 4mm rod, not exactly an > > unbreakable item. > > I think mine is 8mm and 5mm. > An M5 10.9 screw has a breaking load of around 1 ton.
At least sufficient for the job. Thanks Andy. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! I'm sure a mathematician would claim that 0 and 1 are both very interesting numbers. :-) -- Larry Wall in <[email protected]> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
