Topic: SEARCH FOR REALLY SMALL SCREWS – Antique Outboard Motor Club,Inc

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November 27, 2016 at 6:30 pm #5777
Anonymous
Anyone have a source for really small screws to attach small tags to things. Bolt Depo has no. 4 slotted machine screws but I think they are too big.

Bob
November 27, 2016 at 6:33 pm #48084
Mumbles
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4-40 is as small as I can find anywhere. I use them for carb butterflies. Any smaller and I’d be going to a watch repair shop.
November 27, 2016 at 7:12 pm #48085
RICHARD A. WHITE
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You could obtain ones called "drive" screws, commonly used on outboards to affix the ID tags…

http://www.richardsoutboardtools.com
classicomctools@gmail.com
November 27, 2016 at 7:39 pm #48089
joecb
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visit any good model hobby shop, sizes down to #0

Joe B
November 27, 2016 at 9:24 pm #48091
fifty20ne
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Joe is correct, any good hobby shop should have what your looking for.
At the Toledo Weak Signals hobby show one of the venders is
"RTL Fasteners" and they have a wide variety and good prices,
They also have a lot of stainless hardware etc.. 😎

http://www.rtlfasteners.com/

Good Luck,

Bob
November 28, 2016 at 4:05 am #48115
amuller
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RTL carries even sizes 0,2,4 and up.

If you need odd sizes 1,3,5 and so on you could try Fastenall.
November 28, 2016 at 1:38 pm #48125
George Emmanuel
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Bob,

Ace hardware sometimes carries a #2 screw. You might have to tap the hole. If you use a #2 tap, use extreme caution because it can snap off easily. Make sure you use a thread-cutting lubricant and don’t take long turns.

George
November 28, 2016 at 3:57 pm #48130
oltimer
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quote George Emmanuel:

Bob,

Ace hardware sometimes carries a #2 screw. You might have to tap the hole. If you use a #2 tap, use extreme caution because it can snap off easily. Make sure you use a thread-cutting lubricant and don’t take long turns.

George

Very true words spoken there George. In all my years in the shop; we only purchased Butterfields. Cheap taps are very brittle, especially in those very small sizes.
November 28, 2016 at 5:18 pm #48133
garry-in-michigan
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The OMC drive screw is 0301992 – They were two for a nickel in 1952. . . 😆
November 28, 2016 at 5:55 pm #48135
Mumbles
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quote Garry in Tampa:

The OMC drive screw is 0301992 – They were two for a nickel in 1952. . . 😆

$2.50 a piece now! 😯

I’m sure there’s a small fortune worth of them hiding in the dark corners out in the garage!

http://www.marineengine.com/newparts/pa … um=0301992
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