Elric
Well-Known Member
Being a disinterested observer doesn't happen all the time. The old retrobate let someone borrow a Malcom 6x replica scope, and somehow one of the screws went missing... Now instead of asking yours truly to search for the proper screw size, he grabbed a holt of destiny, and with a 1/4-32 tap he opened the tapped hole on the dovetail "shoe" on the mount. He's in his mid 70s, so there is nothing preventing him from making decisions...
For those unfamiliar with the thread, it is UNEF. Ace does 1/4-20 and 1/4-28. Fastenal said they'd have to get it made $pecial... The one place I found a 1/4-32 bolt was on a UK site. The UK is filled with crazed lunatics that recreate scale steam locomotives, and you need that high of a tpi to deal with the sheet metal parts... 4.4 pounds STERLING for EACH bolt...
Anyways, I thought of drilling out the roached thread and using a Heli-Coil insert...
For those unfamiliar with the thread, it is UNEF. Ace does 1/4-20 and 1/4-28. Fastenal said they'd have to get it made $pecial... The one place I found a 1/4-32 bolt was on a UK site. The UK is filled with crazed lunatics that recreate scale steam locomotives, and you need that high of a tpi to deal with the sheet metal parts... 4.4 pounds STERLING for EACH bolt...
Anyways, I thought of drilling out the roached thread and using a Heli-Coil insert...
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