~  -----Original Message-----
~  From: owner-oldtools@l...
~  [mailto:owner-oldtools@l...]On Behalf Of
~  bugbear@c...
~  Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 9:54 AM
~  To: OLDTOOLS@l...
~  Subject: front retaining screw for Modern Record #5
~
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~  Can any up-to-date galloot tell me of the
~  spec (or better, a source)for the small screw that
~  holds the front of the tote down on a Record #5?

I suspect that this is an ordinary Whitworth thread.

If you need to shorten an existing machine screw, run a nut up to the
head before gripping the unwanted part in the vice. Slightly dome the
cut surface. When the nut is removed, the burr will be removed as it
goes, and you have a screw that should enter the hole without the
difficulty you can sometimes get in this situation.

Jeff