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Parallel port thread
OK it's cold and dark here and the path down to the workshop is haunted so not going out to get my calipers and screw gauges.
On the parallel port you have these little retaining screws that the cable screws into, any idea what thread it is as I have to make a couple of new ones about 5/8" long to take a gender changer.
Mutzi Gratzi Penus, [ that's Spanish for thank you cock.........]
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John,
ISTR they are a BA size? Not sure, Ill go and have a look for you (My workshop isnt haunted)
Dave
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I've just checked one,and it looks to me like it's #4x40 UNC.You could probably rob the screw of an old printer connector or similar.They seem to have fairly long screws.
Hans
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I just happened to have a thread gage on my desk: #4 x 40 TPI.
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I think the male standoffs are 6-32 UNC, and I believe the the thumbscrews that are normally attached to the plug and screw into these are 4-40 UNC John.
Not positive, but I seem to remember checking this out a couple of years ago.
Peter
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Seems others know without having to go outside into the cold...
Dave
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By the way John, it's the same screw that's on an RS-232 shell. Sow you can steal the screws off an old serial connector...
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[QUOTE=Mutzi Gratzi Penus, [ that's Spanish for thank you cock.........]./QUOTE]
Having a several Spanish biker friends I can say with some insider knowledge that it isn't !!!
BTW Spanish swearing tends to concentrate on milk, faeces, mothers, sisters, The Virgin Mary & God in some interesting combinations.
Mark
Oh yes - the original question - 5BA looks pretty close.
Last edited by old-biker-uk; 11-04-2007 at 03:29 PM.
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The standoffs are metric 3.5 x .8 that is so close to 6-32 that it doesn't matter . The thumb screw thread is 4-40.
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OK Evan HOW !!! did that happen? I can't see part of the design beingOriginally Posted by Evan
done in China ( :-) ) and the rest in the USA. :-) Come on tell us.
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