Help sourcing these screws
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Help sourcing these screws
Hi all,
Am wondering if you can help me - I was fiddling with a light fitting we recently purchased and undid the small screw at the base of the fitting which takes the weight of the fitting when hung. Predictably, I then dropped the screw & it's nowhere to be found (and the fitting shipped without spares)...
I've attached some images here - as you can see it's a tiny screw (about 5mm long and the same diameter). I've no idea at all where to get some replacements and am wondering if you can help me...
Am wondering if you can help me - I was fiddling with a light fitting we recently purchased and undid the small screw at the base of the fitting which takes the weight of the fitting when hung. Predictably, I then dropped the screw & it's nowhere to be found (and the fitting shipped without spares)...
I've attached some images here - as you can see it's a tiny screw (about 5mm long and the same diameter). I've no idea at all where to get some replacements and am wondering if you can help me...
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Re: Help sourcing these screws
Looks like some form of “grub” screw around M6 thread. A grub screw with a hex socket would no doubt do the job.
Look up ur local fastener suppliers, they will most likely just give you a grub screw FOC or penny,s
Look up ur local fastener suppliers, they will most likely just give you a grub screw FOC or penny,s
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Re: Help sourcing these screws
It's called a grub screw. Possibly M5 or M6 5 or 6 mm long
You'll probably find that the ones available are hex drive for an allen key.
Either Ebay, or a local engineer's supply place.
Take the existing one with you.
You can, at a pinch, cut a slot across the end of a bolt, and then cut a piece of thread off the end of the bolt to suit.
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You'll probably find that the ones available are hex drive for an allen key.
Either Ebay, or a local engineer's supply place.
Take the existing one with you.
You can, at a pinch, cut a slot across the end of a bolt, and then cut a piece of thread off the end of the bolt to suit.
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Re: Help sourcing these screws
Is it metal, sometimes those screws with that design of head are plastic.
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Re: Help sourcing these screws
Good point! That design of slot was scratching in my head somehow.Rorschach wrote:Is it metal, sometimes those screws with that design of head are plastic.
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Re: Help sourcing these screws
A close up you can see the sprue mark in the middle of the thread more than likely a nylon grub screw, If its a cheap Chinese light fitting it could be a imperial threadRorschach wrote:Is it metal, sometimes those screws with that design of head are plastic.
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Re: Help sourcing these screws
Hi all! It is plastic as you say. Thanks for the responses - from what you're saying it sounds as though I need to go somewhere a bit more specialist than Screwfix?
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Re: Help sourcing these screws
No idea where to get a replacement, when I have dropped small items like that I find the best way to find them is to lay on the floor and get your eye as close as possible to the floor and have a good look... surprising what you can find...
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Re: Help sourcing these screws
Good idea that. Same sort of principle, get a small bright torch and shine it across the floor as low down as possible.wine~o wrote:No idea where to get a replacement, when I have dropped small items like that I find the best way to find them is to lay on the floor and get your eye as close as possible to the floor and have a good look... surprising what you can find...
Picks it out with the light and it throws a shadow as well.
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Getting back up off the floor is the problem and the interdimensional worm hole that eats everythingwine~o wrote:No idea where to get a replacement, when I have dropped small items like that I find the best way to find them is to lay on the floor and get your eye as close as possible to the floor and have a good look... surprising what you can find...
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Have you started celebrating my Birthday before I have ?Bob225 wrote: and the interdimensional worm hole that eats everything
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