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Screw thread question

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templarknightx

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I'm just wondering what the screw thread used on optical drives and floppy drives are. I know it's not 6-32, which is used for pretty much everything else.

The reason I ask is that I'd like to mount my drives in my new Praetorian with thumbscrews so i dont have to get a screwdriver everytime I screw around in there.
 
templarknightx said:
I'm just wondering what the screw thread used on optical drives and floppy drives are. I know it's not 6-32, which is used for pretty much everything else.

The reason I ask is that I'd like to mount my drives in my new Praetorian with thumbscrews so i dont have to get a screwdriver everytime I screw around in there.
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I don't know what the threads would be, possibly an easy way to figure that out would be to take it to a Home Depot, where they usually have the bolts and nuts set up that tell you what threads they are. Try them in the nuts until you get one that fits right and you'll know.
 
Home Depot has nearly no metric hardware, and a herd of idiots working there.

Anyway, I think you'll find they're M3 metric machine screws. They're 6mm long, IIRC.
 
Lowes doesn't really have metric screws either (just a few). Hardware stores these days are not very [H]ard. :(

 
Maybe it varies by store, but the Lowes nearby has a far better selection of metric fasteners (three racks) than the Home Depot here (a couple of drawers). Lowes labels their stuff by hardness and composition, while Home Depot doesn't bother -- you might be getting some plated crap, for all you know.

When I want something that works, though, I either go to Tacoma Screw or pick it out of the assortment cabinet I made for myself. Buying a few bulk boxes from MSC or an online specialty supplier is surprisingly inexpensive.

And read the book.
 
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