Tiny screws

[Blogwitch]

I have just taken delivery of a set of screws and nuts from China.

I was expecting nothing much, but for the price, they are very well made, but only in cross head unfortunately, but for screws of this size, you wouldn't notice the head anyway.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2015...ts-Assortment-Kit-M1-M1-2-M1/32372976312.html

600 screws and nuts for less than 5 pounds.


John

 

[kvom]

Pretty equivalent to size 0 and 00 screws. Too small for my eyes and fingers.

Given how Chinese factories make millions of tiny screws for iPhones, I'm not surprised that the quality is good. With a multi-spindle swiss machine it's just as easy to make good screws as bad.

 

[Blogwitch]

The sizes are

M1, M1.2, M1.4 & M1.6.

Ideal for use with those tiny sets of taps and dies you can buy.
Ideal for holding down brass plate cylinder covers and other such jobs. Plus of course, you can repair specs with them if you lose a screw, which I did a few years back, lost a screw, not repaired specs.



Just one fixit job would more than pay for the whole lot.


I used hundreds of screws of these sizes in my model boat days, holding small and thin parts together which wouldn't have survived if I just relied on glue.




John