for want of a screw...

[windshieldbug]

So that's why I cant get my 184 apart.

If you want a part, look just past the euphonium parts!

[Chuck(G)]

If you'd like a self-locking screw, there's a McMaster-Carr part:

http://tinyurl.com/y6vuaz

Stainless, with nylon insert, nice clean socket head that won't loosen with vibration.

[sloan]

...

Go to www.mcmaster.com and search for part number 91830A304. It's an 8-32x1/2" knurled-handle thumbscrew in stainless steel.

Ordered 2 in stainless. (I'm a belt&suspenders kind of guy...) Soon I'll have a bag full of spares, and will start to think about building a new
tuba from the spare parts.

Gee...can you silver plate stainless?

[iiipopes]

Talk about "Ode to Joy" when you get one unlocked....

[sloan]

Measure twice, cut once.

The bolt I picked out of the 8x32-1/2" drawer was actually 8x32-3/8".
It fit...but the way cool one with the knurled edge that I mailordered
does not.

Oh well....once more - with feeling!

[Chuck(G)]

Measure twice, cut once.

The bolt I picked out of the 8x32-1/2" drawer was actually 8x32-3/8".
It fit...but the way cool one with the knurled edge that I mailordered
does not.

Oh well....once more - with feeling!

You don't own a hacksaw or a file?

[sloan]

Measure twice, cut once.

The bolt I picked out of the 8x32-1/2" drawer was actually 8x32-3/8".
It fit...but the way cool one with the knurled edge that I mailordered
does not.

Oh well....once more - with feeling!

You don't own a hacksaw or a file?

Several of each - but I bill my own time at a rate that makes three mouse clicks + $3 cheaper than manual bolt shortening.

Besides, I can't play pot limit Omaha when I'm in the shop. wait....ah,
there - you see - I just paid for the latest mail order with quad 6's.

[Chuck(G)]

Ah, I see--it's a ruler that you don't own...