Seeking an old fashioned screw

See Ye

Hello there, I'm based in France and a guy I know who renovates stuff has asked for my help finding a source for what he calls "an old English screw".
He's ready to travel to London if need be ... any ideas where he could find something like this ?





Any suggestions gratefully received.

slimjimmc

It's a set screw a.k.a "grub screw". Should be fairly easy to get as they're widely used in machinery.
You'll need to find out what thread it is, metric or one of the old English ones.
Hex head (allen key) might be more readily available than a slot though.

http://www.britishfasteners.com/index.php/categories/grub-screws

Micky Dolenz

Context is good. What will your friend be screwing?

Slidey

I had a grub screw once. Got it at on a lunch break from work

See Ye

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Context is good. What will your friend be screwing?

I don't know, we're not that close ... but I will ask.

Micky Dolenz

See Ye wrote: »

I don't know, we're not that close ... but I will ask.

Will depend on what the grub screw will be made from. A holding grub screw would be different to a sealing grub screw etc.

See Ye

Seems it's the imperial version - he wants 13 rings on the thread as far as I can tell from his sketch.

Thanks for the link to the website - do you know any bricks and mortar stockists ? Would somewhere like homebase stock them ?

(all puns intended)

See Ye

Should be seeing him tomorrow so I'll get more details then.

uberwolf

http://www.allmetalfasteners.com/

Micky Dolenz

See Ye wrote: »

Seems it's the imperial version - he wants 13 rings on the thread as far as I can tell from his sketch.

Thanks for the link to the website - do you know any bricks and mortar stockists ? Would somewhere like homebase stock them ?

(all puns intended)

Just do us a favour, Record the conversation with homebase, especially the bit when you ask for "an old English screw" :P

These guys will point you in the right direction if they can't help you.

http://www.thomashassett.com/

PaulieBoy

You find a bolt the same thread size and cut it to length and cut a slot in the top. One grub screw!
Tools required : One cheap hacksaw. A mole grip.