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Herald1360 · 6th Apr 2019, 10:52 am

I don't think the grubscrew was 5/32 BSW, the Meccano screw was, ISTR, graunched into the stripped threads of its hole. It was occasionally a nuisance in tight corners of a chassis!

The original thread may have been 6-32 UNC. Maybe the owner of the pristine one could check?

Edit: I see that's you.....

You can make a stand just from bent ally but like a lot of things it's only worth doing for the sake of it with things like this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOLDERING...edirect=mobile

available.

6th Apr 2019, 10:52 am	#22
Herald1360 Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Leominster, Herefordshire, UK. Posts: 16,536	Re: How to solder I don't think the grubscrew was 5/32 BSW, the Meccano screw was, ISTR, graunched into the stripped threads of its hole. It was occasionally a nuisance in tight corners of a chassis! The original thread may have been 6-32 UNC. Maybe the owner of the pristine one could check? Edit: I see that's you..... You can make a stand just from bent ally but like a lot of things it's only worth doing for the sake of it with things like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOLDERING...edirect=mobile available. __________________ ....__________ ....\|____\|\|__\|__\_____ .=.\| _---\__\|__\|_---_\|. .........O..Chris....O Last edited by Herald1360; 6th Apr 2019 at 10:59 am.