Hi
I like to use stainless steel on my engines for piston rods and linkages etc. I have accumulated a decent stock of imperial sizes, my lathe and collets are imperial. However sourcing brass nuts to suit has caused me a few problems so I have looked into it in some depth to find a practical solution. I was using 7BA brass nuts for 3/32 rod but they are now apparently no longer made. The following is what I have been using for some time now and are readily available. Although there are slight differences in diameters in practice they work well.
For 1/16 rod I use 10BA. 10BA = .066 1/16 = .0625 a difference of .0035
For 3/32 rod I use 2.5mm. 2.5mm = .0984. 3/32 = .0937 a difference of .0047
For 1/8 rod I use 5BA. 5BA = .126. 1/8 = .125 a difference of .001
For 5/32 I use 3BA. 3BA = .1614. 5/32 = .1562 a difference of .0052
I have sourced some steel 1/8 nuts (1/8 x 40) but I can't get them in brass.
As mentioned above there are slight differences in the sizes but in practice they all work well.
I hope this is of some use.
Cheers
Rich
I like to use stainless steel on my engines for piston rods and linkages etc. I have accumulated a decent stock of imperial sizes, my lathe and collets are imperial. However sourcing brass nuts to suit has caused me a few problems so I have looked into it in some depth to find a practical solution. I was using 7BA brass nuts for 3/32 rod but they are now apparently no longer made. The following is what I have been using for some time now and are readily available. Although there are slight differences in diameters in practice they work well.
For 1/16 rod I use 10BA. 10BA = .066 1/16 = .0625 a difference of .0035
For 3/32 rod I use 2.5mm. 2.5mm = .0984. 3/32 = .0937 a difference of .0047
For 1/8 rod I use 5BA. 5BA = .126. 1/8 = .125 a difference of .001
For 5/32 I use 3BA. 3BA = .1614. 5/32 = .1562 a difference of .0052
I have sourced some steel 1/8 nuts (1/8 x 40) but I can't get them in brass.
As mentioned above there are slight differences in the sizes but in practice they all work well.
I hope this is of some use.
Cheers
Rich