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Does 5/16-28 solve the problem? It looks like they exist, even if
they are not common. I found this: <br>
<a href="http://www.thomasnet.com/catalogs/item/30331745-15908-1089-5063/jim-c-howe-fastener-supply-inc/5_16-28-inch-in-thread-size-alloy-steel-socket-head-half-dog-point-set-screw/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.thomasnet.com/catalogs/item/30331745-15908-1089-5063/jim-c-howe-fastener-supply-inc/5_16-28-inch-in-thread-size-alloy-steel-socket-head-half-dog-point-set-screw/<br>
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</a>-Steve<br><br>
At 02:47 PM 3/4/2017, Trevor Boicey wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">My 1930s house used 5/16" x
28tpi.<br><br>
Even among local antique store junk drawers that isn't common.<br><br>
I was able to find 5/16" bolts with 28tpi threads that screwed
perfectly into the holes, but somebody with more free time than I have
would need to cut the bolt into set-screws and machine a screwdriver slot
into them.<br><br>
So.... good luck with that. My problem remains unsolved waiting for
another day.<br><br>
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On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 7:35 PM, David Scheidt
<<a href="mailto:dmscheidt@gmail.com">dmscheidt@gmail.com</a>>
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<dd>I have a number of door knobs that need set screws to hold them to
<dd>their spindles. (Square threaded spindles in mortise
locksets.)Â The
<dd>normal size of these is 1/4-20 or rarely 5/16-24 or even more rarely
<dd>1/4-28. The existing screws are 28 tpi, with a major diameter
of
<dd>0.280. That's no screw thread I know of, but I have a house
full of
<dd>them (identical glass door knobs, presumably original to the house,
<dd>circa 1925.) so it must be something.
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