Plan "B"

[Eric Brown]

It is a much better job than some of the re-plating I've seen on ebay.

jtk

Thanks Jim. It's just as important to me that it is functional. I like beautiful tools, not so much tools that look like artwork.

[Jim Koepke]

You are welcome Eric.

You mentioned:

I was recently working on a 1890's combination plane by Siegley that needed some new thumbscrews as several were missing. They were an unusual thread of 1/4-24 and were cast iron. Nobody carries this size anymore. I contacted a manufacturer and was able to purchase thumbscrew blanks of malleable iron.

I have often found myself in a position of needing to make a custom fastener. Is this a manufacturer who might be willing to sell to others looking for unthreaded blanks?

One of my latest was making a 10-28 thread screw. An old brass wood screw supplied the blank after having its threads cut off. The shank was long enough to form ~1/2" of threads.

Any help would be appreciated.

jtk

[Eric Brown]

You are welcome Eric.

You mentioned:



I have often found myself in a position of needing to make a custom fastener. Is this a manufacturer who might be willing to sell to others looking for unthreaded blanks?

One of my latest was making a 10-28 thread screw. An old brass wood screw supplied the blank after having its threads cut off. The shank was long enough to form ~1/2" of threads.

Any help would be appreciated.

jtk

I got the blanks from:

Peerless Hardware Manufacturing Co.
www.peerlesshardware.com

[Jim Koepke]

Thanks Eric.

jtk