Miniature nuts & bolts & threaded rod

[crossofiron]

Hi all,
For those obsessive compulsive amongst us, I thought the below list might be of use.
Cheers
Steve


http://www.jimorrisco.com/miniature-scr ... -nuts.html
A source of brass 2-56 to 0000-160 nuts and threaded rod, for those really small jobs. Also taps & dies and very good small nut drivers. Hex sizes for tools and nuts are model hex pattern.

http://www.microfasteners.com/
A variety of types of fasteners not a lot of scale model hex available in small sizes. 00-90 & 0-80 taps and dies.

http://www.newmantools.com/taps/micro.htm
Very small taps and die and info. both UNM which is US metric instrument screws and the old series 0000-160, 000-120, 00-90 etc.

http://www.scalehardware.com/
Small 1mm 0.8mm and 0.5mm scale hex bolts, taps nuts and small rivets.

http://www.modelmotorcars.com/
A lot of the same stuff as Scale Hardware but with clevises and carrage bolts. A bunch of other cool maybe usefull stuff for electric locos.

http://www.modellbauershop.de/assets/s2 ... ndex2.html
German model engineer site small model hex bolts and very cool brass shapes NO English but they do speak English for phone orders.

http://www.knupfershop.de/
Another German model engineer site with small model hex bolts.

http://www.ekpsupplies.co.uk/
UK model engineer site 0BA- 14BA hex bolts and small rivets in steel brass and copper.

http://www.americanmodeleng.com/id41.html
Very good selection of 0-80 through 10-32 scale hex head bolts in brass steel and stainless. Also a nice selection of small hex and square stock to make custom bolts.

http://www.reactivemetals.com/
00-90 and 0-80 scale hex head, cheese head and flat heat in brass with several finishes including black oxide. Good pricing on large orders.

http://www.minitaps.com/
High quality micro taps and optical screws. The slotless 1.2mm and 1.16mm rimless repair screws make very good carrage bolts. The checkout does not work email or call so they can check stock.

http://www.tabcooptical.com/core-xmodsi ... REseo.html
A nice assortment of optical screws and taps.

http://www.rivetsonline.com/drive-screw ... crews.html
Drive screws steel and stainless 00 aqnd 0 screw sizes various lengths to make mini carrage bolts. Or attach small nameplates.

http://www.ba-bolts.co.uk/smallhex.html
BA hex bolts with one size smaller hex. 10 BA bolts have a 12 BA thread.

http://www.ba-bolts.co.uk/threadedbar.html
Threaded rod steel, SS, brass, and phosphor bronze various sizes.

http://www.ba-bolts.co.uk/pdfs/BS%2057- ... %20etc.pdf
B.S. 57 : 1957 -- Full BA thread standards


http://hobby.uk.com/catalogsearch/resul ... ts&x=0&y=0
Small coachbolts 1.6mm to 3mm with square nuts.


http://www.pollymodelengineering.co.uk/
Download catalog with a good selection of BA and metric small screws in brass and steel. The metric ones have rolled threads.

http://www.octantenligne.com/
http://www.octantenligne.com/downloads/visvp.pdf (scale bolts page)
Downloadable catalog (French) A good selection of metric small head bolts in brass, steel and stainless. Also a lot of other very handy stuff in the catalog. See page 137 for the scale bolts.

http://www.micro-modele.fr/index.php?op ... 17&lang=fr
Another source of micro screws in France.

[daniel]

WOW...great and thanks that you took the time to list all these. I love using real screws

[gavrob]

Really useful list, thanks a lot for sharing.

[Cratecruncher]

Wow, what a helpful post Crossofiron! I've been keeping my eye peeled for a reasonably priced set of #000 and #0000 hardware but it's never been urgent. Most sources are $$$$.

I bought some brass #0 and #00 hardware from MicroFasteners a few years ago and the quality/price were excellent. The #0-80 nuts were a bit clunky (outer dim. was 3.9mm) so check every dimension before you purchase so you aren't surprised. The outer dim's aren't necessarily proportioned to the thread dim. Most of the applications for this stuff are functional and people are more concerned with strength than the appearance/scale of the bolt head and nut.

For truly tiny stuff I've recently been using insect pins and Meng plastic bolt heads/nuts drilled out with an 80 series bit. They're super-strong in shear but can't take much tension. Mold quality of the Meng stuff is awesome. Here is a link to their nut/bolt series:

http://www.meng-model.com/index2ss.php?id=205

Of course if you're not looking for functional hardware the Meng stuff is great for adding details to chassis and drivelines. I slice off a nut or bolt, pick it up with tweezers, touch it in a drop of 5 minute epoxy, and locate it on the model. With practice I've gotten fast enough to do 4 before the epoxy starts to set.

[yaggo]

Thanks just what I needed.

peter

[crossofiron]

Thanks guys,
Always happy to help our 'community'
Cheers
Steve

[shanehaugan]

crossfire thank you so much . that great list . and also sacle hardware . with the internet and global economy i try to keep my business in CANADA or the U.S.