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  • Tom Slick
    Veteran Member
    • May 2005
    • 2913
    • Paso Robles, Calif, USA.
    • sears BT3 clone
    #16
    14 thread is an oddball. Glad you were able to get it fixed.
    Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison

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      • scmhogg
        Veteran Member
        • Jan 2003
        • 1839
        • Simi Valley, CA, USA.
        • BT3000
        #17
        Lee Valley has a neat thread checker.

        http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/pa...00&cat=3,41306

        Steve
        I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. Bertrand Russell

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          • LCHIEN
            Super Moderator
            • Dec 2002
            • 21995
            • Katy, TX, USA.
            • BT3000 vintage 1999
            #18
            that is a weird size, most screw/bolt sites I went to had only up to #10 and then went fractional, 1/4, 3/8 etc,
            Apparently the ANSI #12 and #14 sizes are very old and have fallen into disuse. THe UNF (fine thread) are even rarer than the UNCs (coarse thread) usually.
            Makes you wonder what they were thinking when they designed that thing (I'm sure fairly recently).

            Or they just saw the standard spec in the machinery handbook and used it when a 1/4-28 would have been the practical choice.

            P.S. I'll bet the LeeValley thread checker doesn't have #14... the description says 10 UNC and 10 UNF sizes 1 thru 1/4
            which would be the common 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,12 and 1/4
            Last edited by LCHIEN; 02-05-2010, 04:57 PM.
            Loring in Katy, TX USA
            If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
            BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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              • phi1l
                Senior Member
                • Oct 2009
                • 681
                • Madison, WI
                #19
                #12 is pretty common, but I don't think I have ever seen a #14 screw..

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                  • cwithboat
                    Senior Member
                    • Jan 2008
                    • 614
                    • 47deg54.3'N 122deg34.7'W
                    • Craftsman Pro 21829
                    #20
                    Originally posted by phi1l
                    #12 is pretty common, but I don't think I have ever seen a #14 screw..
                    I did not find a thumb screw. What I found was a set screw. I have not checked the size, 14 was what it said on the box. Next time I am in Bremerton I will stop at Tacoma Screw and have them check it and see if they have a thumb screw.
                    regards,
                    Charlie
                    A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
                    Rudyard Kipling

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                      • Mr__Bill
                        Veteran Member
                        • May 2007
                        • 2096
                        • Tacoma, WA
                        • BT3000
                        #21
                        Originally posted by cwithboat
                        I did not find a thumb screw. What I found was a set screw. I have not checked the size, 14 was what it said on the box. Next time I am in Bremerton I will stop at Tacoma Screw and have them check it and see if they have a thumb screw.
                        There is a Tacoma Screw in, well, Tacoma. It's just off of 16 on Center Street, an easy off easy on kind of thing. One of the things I really like about the place is when you walk in clueless to what you need is called they assume that your ignorant not stupid and will then proceed to educate you, often with great delight in being able to tell you about all the different things they have.


                        Bill

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                          • sscherin
                            Senior Member
                            • Dec 2003
                            • 772
                            • Kennewick, WA, USA.
                            #22
                            I love Tacoma Screw.. They have opened stores all over the PNW.
                            http://www.tacomascrew.com/locations
                            They know me all to well at the Pasco, Wa store..

                            I'll walk in with a bag of screws, they help me size em and find what I need..
                            The prices can't be beat either..
                            William's Law--
                            There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it
                            cannot be solved by brute strength and ignorance.

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