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possum1104

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Hi. I am new to this group and I am currently retired and build small steam engine models, traction and stationary. I am looking for a supplier of #2-56 screws with a hex head. The only place I have found is in the US called Micro Fasteners. Does anyone know of a place in Ontario, Canada where I could get similar items? Thanks in advance
Robert
 
possum1104 said:
Hi. I am new to this group and I am currently retired and build small steam engine models, traction and stationary. I am looking for a supplier of #2-56 screws with a hex head. The only place I have found is in the US called Micro Fasteners. Does anyone know of a place in Ontario, Canada where I could get similar items? Thanks in advance
Robert
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Hi Robert:

Another US option is Godshalls. For example:

godshallscustommachining.com

Model Hex Cap Screws - Stainless Steel - All Screw Sizes

These scaled-down screws/bolts will really finish of your model! Screws are made on Brown & Sharpe automatic screw machines from sharp hex 303 stainless steel stock. Parts are inspected with commercial gauges and optical comparator to class 2 specifications. Please note that stainless steel...
godshallscustommachining.com

I'm not aware of any Canadian suppliers. More than a few model builders will make their own fasteners. Tedious but then you can size the head so it looks 'right' at model scale. To do that, I bought some small taps and dies from Victor:

Victor Machinery - Metalworking tools and supplies

Victor Machinery's online store for taps and dies, cutting and measuring tools, machine shop supplies.
www.victornet.com

I think KBC may actually be competitive for some sizes of taps and dies.

Craig
(Would love to see what you are building. A few of us in the Hamilton Model Engineers Club have been building a small steam engine designed...30 years ago...by club member David Croft.)
 
possum1104 said:
I am looking for a supplier of #2-56 screws with a hex head.
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Hi Robert! Welcome from Ontario Farm Country South of Chatham.

Fastenal has them. But you may need a commercial account. I have an account there and could get them for you if that works for you. Where abouts are you?

Black Oxide 5/16 long can be had for 18 cents each. But some types have a minimum order of 100. And some types can cost almost a buck each. What length, type, and quantity are you looking for?

If you go to Fastenal.ca you can see what they have but you can't see pricing without an account. When I order, I usually get delivery a day or two later.

I also might already have some but it's raining here and I don't like to get my fur wet so I don't want to look till tomorrow.

Edit - stopped raining just before farm lights out. Sorry, no 2-56 on hand here. I should get a small screw assortment set from Fastenal though. Smallest I have in quantities is #6.

Amazon has a set of 2-56 screws of lengths from 1/8 to 1" https://a.co/d/59HMqNd
 
Upnorth said:
If you have a connection in the states McMaster Carr has them in stainless steel.
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You don't need a US connection. I get McMaster Carr orders delivered the next day to my door in Canada. However, you do need a business account - which is relatively easy to get.

Fastenal has Stainless too.
 
Quinn (blondiehacks on YouTube) lives in Canada and is using a ton of small brass hex heads (you have to but them long and cut to length).

If you scroll to the bottom of her homepage there is an email link so you can ask her what her source is:

Blondihacks

blondihacks.com blondihacks.com
 
Can you make what you need? I've been working on a Stuart 10V and made 4-40 nuts, bolts and studs with 3/16 hex stock and .109 rod. Not quite as small as 2-56 but doable. I'm making all the hardware to standard sizes because I don't have any BA tools and don't see a future need for them..

What machines are you running?

And welcome to the forum from the west coast.
 
trlvn said:
Hi Robert:

Another US option is Godshalls. For example:

godshallscustommachining.com

Model Hex Cap Screws - Stainless Steel - All Screw Sizes

These scaled-down screws/bolts will really finish of your model! Screws are made on Brown & Sharpe automatic screw machines from sharp hex 303 stainless steel stock. Parts are inspected with commercial gauges and optical comparator to class 2 specifications. Please note that stainless steel...
godshallscustommachining.com

I'm not aware of any Canadian suppliers. More than a few model builders will make their own fasteners. Tedious but then you can size the head so it looks 'right' at model scale. To do that, I bought some small taps and dies from Victor:

Victor Machinery - Metalworking tools and supplies

Victor Machinery's online store for taps and dies, cutting and measuring tools, machine shop supplies.
www.victornet.com

I think KBC may actually be competitive for some sizes of taps and dies.

Craig
(Would love to see what you are building. A few of us in the Hamilton Model Engineers Club have been building a small steam engine designed...30 years ago...by club member David Croft.)
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Here are some of the thing I have made
 

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Nice models. I suspect you are probably looking for scale-ish miniature hex head bolts (left) not hex socket head cap screws (right). Unlikely to find hex head in a typical machinery supplier, more than likely a specialty miniature hardware supplier like the aforementioned link. Here is another. Last time I checked there are more metric suppliers then imperial if that helps the decision

By the time you factor the cost & dinger fees they might get spendy. Not sure how many you are looking at but they are not particularly difficult to make, just boring & repetitive. Here are M3 some rocker adjusters I made from O1, similar workflow. 303 stainless or something like 12L14 would turn easier yet, both come in hex stock. Good luck


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PeterT said:
Nice models. I suspect you are probably looking for scale-ish miniature hex head bolts (left) not hex socket head cap screws (right).
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I found myself wondering the same thing Peter. I even went back and read the first posts over again to see if I could "Sus" it out.

@possum1104 - It's nice to be able to buy such things ready made, but I'd probably just make them. It would add to the whole "made this from scratch" pride factor and not really very hard to do. They don't even need to be hardened. Heck, you could even buy threaded rod and some nuts and silver solder or epoxy the nuts on and then turn (or file) the heads flat.
 
Susquatch said:
Hi Robert! Welcome from Ontario Farm Country South of Chatham.

Fastenal has them. But you may need a commercial account. I have an account there and could get them for you if that works for you. Where abouts are you?

Black Oxide 5/16 long can be had for 18 cents each. But some types have a minimum order of 100. And some types can cost almost a buck each. What length, type, and quantity are you looking for?

If you go to Fastenal.ca you can see what they have but you can't see pricing without an account. When I order, I usually get delivery a day or two later.

I also might already have some but it's raining here and I don't like to get my fur wet so I don't want to look till tomorrow.

Edit - stopped raining just before farm lights out. Sorry, no 2-56 on hand here. I should get a small screw assortment set from Fastenal though. Smallest I have in quantities is #6.

Amazon has a set of 2-56 screws of lengths from 1/8 to 1" https://a.co/d/59HMqNd
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Looking for actual hex on outside of head rather than socket head hex. Thanks
 
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