[Shop-talk] Metric Hardware

[Doug Braun]

I am reminded:

A couple of summers ago I was with my family in
Greece, visiting my wife's family's summer house, and
I needed a couple of 1/4-20 screws for making a camera
mounting. 

It took some hunting around to find them in the small
town where we were staying.  I eventually found some
at a shop that specialized in tractor parts, since
there are a lot of John Deere tractors in Greece.

Doug


--- David Scheidt <dmscheidt at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7/5/07, Doug Braun <doug at dougbraun.com> wrote:
> > --- Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
> >  My GM cars use 6.3mm
> >
> >
> > Is that actually what they call it?
> >
> 
> Yup.  It's a #8 machine screw.  I think they've
> stopped, though.
> 
> 
> -- 
> David Scheidt
> dmscheidt at gmail.com