| Author |
Message |
    
Olly_ympus
Tinkerer
Username: Olly_ympus
Post Number: 19
Registered: 08-2007
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 08:50 pm: | 
|
Apart from the obvious, that is, dead donor camera bodies, (don't have any just yet, and maybe I shouldn't?),... is there a good source of screws and other such hardware? I looked at Microtools, but couldn't find a listing. |
Don
Tinkerer
Username: Don
Post Number: 23
Registered: 07-2006
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 05:51 am: |
|
www.nwsl.com. A well stocked hobby shop should carry an assortment or be able to order for you. |
Jon_goodman
Tinkerer
Username: Jon_goodman
Post Number: 2
Registered: 05-2007
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 03:29 pm: |
|
You can go to garage or junk sales and buy up old cheap transistor radios, etc made in Japan. Often, early "boom boxes" are ideal. They won't cost much, and there will be dozens if not hundreds of the proper size and thread screws in them.
Jon |
Olly_ympus
Tinkerer
Username: Olly_ympus
Post Number: 27
Registered: 08-2007
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 24, 2007 - 09:51 pm: |
|
Hey, that's a swell idea Jon, thanks!
Maybe I can find something new to tinker around with too. |
Rick_oleson
Tinkerer
Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 355
Registered: 07-2006
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 10:50 am: |
|
In the USA, hobby shops (at least the ones I've found) generally carry screws with US threads rather than metric, limiting their usefulness in camera work. I make it a practice never to discard a hopeless camera without first removing all of the screws, springs and other fairly generic bits that I think may come in handy. I measure the screws with a caliper and sort them out into bins; the standard diameters are 1.2, 1.4, 1.7 and 2.0 mm, with 1.7 being the most common. The measured diameter of the screw is slightly smaller than the nominal size. Cameras that have been dropped in a river or run over by a pickup truck are very cheap and still good sources for this sort of stuff.....
Micro-Tools does have a pretty good selection and should not be overlooked if you know what specific size you need. |
Don
Tinkerer
Username: Don
Post Number: 24
Registered: 07-2006
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2007 - 07:56 am: |
|
NWSL carries quite an asstmt. of metric screws at prices lower than other sources. Brass model RR imports use a variety of sizes & a well stocked hobby shop that caters to model RRing usually has some in stock or can order them. They have been a help when I've needed metric screws for camera repair. Might be worthwhile to check their online catalog. |
Rick_oleson
Tinkerer
Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 357
Registered: 07-2006
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2007 - 08:26 am: |
|
Thanks Don!
The model railroading / model aircraft shops around here have no metric stuff at all.... |
Bob_dodds
Tinkerer
Username: Bob_dodds
Post Number: 6
Registered: 09-2007
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 07:47 pm: |
|
Micro-tools.com has metric screws 2mm and less, in many head shapes and lengths. |
