Thread: As requested... Adjustable Pins!

Originally Posted by the wanderer

Does anyone use bushings of some sort with the 0-80 size screws? The hole in the tang of my Wade & Butcher is just barely (and I mean _barely_) larger than 7/64, which is nearly twice the size of the 0-80 screws.

If I didn't use some sort of bushing would I want to use a larger screw size? The hole in the tang is probably around 0.1 inches plus or minus a few thousandths. This website lists 3-48 as 0.983 inches.

Thanks.

You can use bushings with the 0-80 screws, yes. The inner diameter needs to be 1/16. The tubing that usually displays this is 3/32" tubing. But at that it has a 3/32" OD, and if you need something bigger in terms of outer diameter, you would either need to use another bushing with a 3/32 ID for the 3/32" tubing, or figure out something else. At that point I don't think it is worth trying to figure out.

Thanks for the info. Can you get tubing from microfasteners.com or do I need to look elsewhere?

p.s. Nice name.

I don't think microfasteners has tubing. Any good Hobby Shop should though.

I spoke to a guy at MF about threaded tubing (actually threaded spacers). He was going to research it, but I never heard back from them.

I wanted to do this since it would open up other options (like standard screws) including different sizes...


v/r

Allen