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Metal screws

Metal screws

Metal screws

(OP)
Folks,

My extensive Googling has not borne any fruit in regard to metric metal screws.  There is such a thing as a metric metal screw, is there not?  Do these things use the same thread pitch and diameter as standard metric machine screws?  Where could I find some specs for these fasteners?

RE: Metal screws

(OP)
Thanks for the link Mr. Julep.  Much appreciated.

That standard is not worth $50 to me.  My interest is a casual one.  Numerous sites on the Web have tables for thread sizes.  Do you know of any that has the information in this standard?

RE: Metal screws

Try efunda or engineer's edge (Google either of these terms)

Jeff

RE: Metal screws

(OP)
Efunda and Engineer's Edge both contained a wealth of information but not much on metal screws.   Thanks for these references.  They will be valuable resources for other topics.

Maryland Metric did indeed have a table for metal screws.  It appears to have the info that I was looking for, although the table's layout is a little confusing.  Probably not confusing to someone knowledgeable in the field (not I).

Thanks for the lead, no pun intended.

RE: Metal screws

By "metal screws" do you mean self tapping sheet metal screws?  You can find them at McMaster.com (in metric, I checked).  Finding them on McMaster is generally better than having the spec, as you will know that they are available.

-b

RE: Metal screws

(OP)
Mr. Bvanhiel,

The McMaster site has a wealth of information on metric screws as you found.  It appears that all the information I need is there.  This will help me identify metric metal screws when I encounter them.  Thanks for your help.

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