Cogsy
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I've tapped 0-80 in aluminium a fair bit with standard tapping equipment. I make sure to start the tap using the drill chuck after drilling the hole and before moving the part.
Source for small fasteners in U.S.
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comstock-friend
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Yes, you can buy USA made quality socket head cap screws for better price than scale, but on a 1800's beam engine or 1920's scale locomotive??? Not on mine.
John
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Phillips head screws on a steam engine are just wrong.
Hi,
Most early stationary steam engines used studs and square nuts which are quite easy to replicate from standard stock materials. I'm not sure about locomotives but I would think that they were the same.
TerryD
comstock-friend
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Square is true on the beam engine, the locomotive is maybe 50/50 or maybe a little more hex than square.
John F
