Local source for rack-mount screws?

Thu Jul 24 12:56:00 PDT 2003

hi ya

bring down working sample screws with you 
	- specify stainless steel, aluminum, brass, etc
	- specify the thread type ( 4-40, 6-32, 8-32, 10-32 etc
	- specify your heads ( phillip, slot, countersink, etc
	- specify the lenght of the threads ( 1/4, 3/8, ..
	- specify what color too
	- if you want waashers, specify the inner, outter dimesons and
	  thickness
	- or in metric too

- olander ( commercial between central and kifer )
	- plan to wait in line for up to an hour if needed
	( go during lunch time ( noon-1pm) ... less people )

c ya
alvin

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, David Wolfskill wrote:

> I'm trying to help out a small startup that's finishing up a move from
> a "carriage house" to real office space (barely) in Belmont -- east of
> the Bayshore freeway, between Hobee's & Jameco.
> 
> One of the things that's been "inherited" from some prior tenant(s)
> (who apparently went bust) is a couple of patch panels and a PBX in
> a 14U (24.5") wall-mounted rack.
> 
> I've added a bit of stuff to what's in the rack, but needed to
> cannibalize about half the existing screws from other equipment in
> the rack.  And I'm having a much harder-than-expected time of being able
> to buy a handful of additional screws -- thus this inquiry.
> 
> The screws that fit are:
> 
> * pan head
> * kind of a "hybrid slotted-Phillips" drive
> * 5/8" shank
> * 10-24 coarse thread
> * zinc-coated steel (though I don't really care about the finish).
> 