"Oddball" fastner sizes

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Jake · Jul 22, 2003 12:46 AM

Well, you need one or two 5-40 or a handful of 3-48 screws and nuts- where do you go? I don't even know if 3-48 "blind nuts" are made, but I'd like to find some. I have two specialty fastner houses locally. They have a "minimum order". You want a particular size screw or whatever- they will get it, but there is that "minimum order thingy". Last time I went, it was $25, and that is enough for about two "model airplane lifetimes" unless you are selling to others. Anybody have any good sources for the oddball special stuff that is (fairly) cheap???

John

jaco · Jul 22, 2003 01:32 AM

#1 source

You're right about the "oddball" size thing.
Below are some sources but not one complete source house.

http://www.perfectpartscompany.com/PerfectAirplaneContent.htm
http://www.nexicom.net/~suee/
http://members.aol.com/Mvehicle/MachineScrews.htm

Scott · Jul 22, 2003 01:46 AM

#2 source

He in Portland we have a hardware store called "WINKS" If thet don't have it it's not made. You can get one to what ever. Send me the screws or engine and I can go get them anytime. AS for 5-40 or a handful of 3-48.
3-48 I just got some for my old fox 15 and the 5-40 bolts I got some for my cox engines.

Scott(not nuts)Riese

Iskandar Taib · Jul 22, 2003 03:51 AM

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Well, if you can get the oddball stuff cheap, why not buy the $25 worth, and then sell off the rest through e-bay, or better yet, set up a web site? Just three or four oddball fasteners should be enough to set something like this up. And then you can get together with others who have weird fasteners, and set up a "weird fastener web ring".

Incidentally, Micro Fasteners has the 3-48 and 5-40 socket head screws and lock nuts (no blind nuts). And you can get 3-48x3/4" stove bolts from SIG for a very good price (I use them for 1/2-A engine mounting).

Iskandar Taib · Jul 22, 2003 03:59 AM

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>http://www.perfectpartscompany.com/PerfectAirplaneContent.htm

Ha! These people sell a ketchup pump.

jacobite · Jul 22, 2003 04:39 AM

#5 source

Also try http://www.smallparts.com

They don't have minimum order.

tools · Jul 22, 2003 09:19 AM

#6 source

Can vouch for Small Parts, good company. Also give Eric Rule at RSM a call, his company is also known as Hobby Fasteners...kinda on point.

About 10 years ago I bought a big old nut and bolt cabinet at a furniture manufacturer liquidation auction. Paid $75, would cost me more than that in cheap plywood to build, thought I got a good deal. Didn't realize it came COMPLETELY full of mostly grade 8 machine cap screws, from 0-80 to about 1"! I have a hundred pounds or so of extra 1/4-20 3 1/2" bolts to trade for a few extra 3-48's or 5-40's if you have to get the minimum order!

Tools

dana wall · Jul 29, 2003 04:40 AM

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Do you have 2-56 x 1/2" (qty ~16) and "3-48 x 1/2" (qty 8) socket heads? I have three cox pee wee's to rebuild. Dana Wall Email: [email protected]

Steve Helmick · Jul 22, 2003 10:15 PM

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>>http://www.perfectpartscompany.com/PerfectAirplaneContent.htm
>
>Ha! These people sell a ketchup pump.

Isky, no, it's not a Ketchup pump. It's the cheezey metal pump for pint cans that many of us suffered with as kids. They bite, like virtually every other model aircraft product on the website. JMHO. Steve

Giffy · Jul 22, 2003 10:31 AM

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www.dubro.com

3-48 blind nuts #DUB134

I have way too much free time,
Giffy

Bill Lee · Jul 22, 2003 10:32 AM

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>Well, you need one or two 5-40 or a handful of 3-48 screws
>and nuts- where do you go? I don't even know if 3-48 "blind
>nuts" are made, but I'd like to find some. I have two
>specialty fastner houses locally. They have a "minimum
>order". You want a particular size screw or whatever- they
>will get it, but there is that "minimum order thingy". Last
>time I went, it was $25, and that is enough for about two
>"model airplane lifetimes" unless you are selling to others.
>Anybody have any good sources for the oddball special stuff
>that is (fairly) cheap???
>
>John

How about going to the local hobby shop? I know that DuBro carries all that you mentioned.

Regards,

Bill Lee

Designman@Home · Jul 22, 2003 04:43 PM

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I talked to the guys at DuBro, and they are the ONLY source for 3x48 blind nuts. They have them made special for them.

Larry

Currell · Jul 22, 2003 09:57 PM

RE:#10 source

I go to down at the heels, off the beaten track hardware stores. They always have stuff like this, that no one wants, except maybe me.

And that's why these stores aren't doing very well.

Currell

Jake · Jul 28, 2003 06:08 AM

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Thanks for the answers guys. The Drone .29 diesel I have needs one backplate screw, and the 3-48s are for the little Cox .049 and Fox (.15) stuff I have.