aadamson
Well Known Member
All,
I'm working on my panel and have the need for a hand ful or two of sizes of socket head screws. I want the black oxide version so they resist rust better than the regular ones. I can get everthing that I want from McMaster Carr, but they only come in bags of 100. I only need at most 12 of any one size.
I'd like to test the waters to see if others might be interested in these and if so, I'd be willing to front the buy and pull what you'd need and send them to your for the actual price plus shipping.
I'm also going to get matching Nylon washers to go under them.
As an example, if you look at the bottom of this picture, you'll see the similar ones that are holding the panel together.
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I got those from Lancair Avionics when they sent me my panel frame and metal. I could go to them for the other screws that I need, but figured, there might be others that would be interested, and so I thought I'd check here for a mini group buy first.
Let me know, if interested? I'll most likely get the following sizes if I order.
10-32 (Chelton Screens)
6-32 (round gauges, AutoPilot, Engine Monitor)
4-40 (AOA, ELT)
2-56 (Trim indicators, CO Detector?)
Some of these instruments have specific "do not exceed" lengths on the screws, the Cheltons for example are .22 + panel thickness, the AutoPilot is no longer than 3/8 + panel thickness. Others don't matter.
I'll continue to work on the lengths that I'm going need and share that back. But I'd suspect that this could be an easy way to get your panel screws, the good ones that won't rust, and save some money doing it.
I'm working on my panel and have the need for a hand ful or two of sizes of socket head screws. I want the black oxide version so they resist rust better than the regular ones. I can get everthing that I want from McMaster Carr, but they only come in bags of 100. I only need at most 12 of any one size.
I'd like to test the waters to see if others might be interested in these and if so, I'd be willing to front the buy and pull what you'd need and send them to your for the actual price plus shipping.
I'm also going to get matching Nylon washers to go under them.
As an example, if you look at the bottom of this picture, you'll see the similar ones that are holding the panel together.
I got those from Lancair Avionics when they sent me my panel frame and metal. I could go to them for the other screws that I need, but figured, there might be others that would be interested, and so I thought I'd check here for a mini group buy first.
Let me know, if interested? I'll most likely get the following sizes if I order.
10-32 (Chelton Screens)
6-32 (round gauges, AutoPilot, Engine Monitor)
4-40 (AOA, ELT)
2-56 (Trim indicators, CO Detector?)
Some of these instruments have specific "do not exceed" lengths on the screws, the Cheltons for example are .22 + panel thickness, the AutoPilot is no longer than 3/8 + panel thickness. Others don't matter.
I'll continue to work on the lengths that I'm going need and share that back. But I'd suspect that this could be an easy way to get your panel screws, the good ones that won't rust, and save some money doing it.