Audrey, A couple of ideas. Try an electronics shop or a ham radio operator (everybody knows at least one of the latter). These sizes and threads are, or were, fairly common for securing compoents into metal 'Bud' boxes when creating electronics projects. Second, you might want to acquire one of the deluxe, imported tap & die sets, maybe the combination English/Metric type. They're quite inexpensive... and for good reason. This way you'll have *something* on hand when a different situation arises. Almost forgot -- the die portion will either *make* threads or *chase* threads. Jim Harvey ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ The local supplier of unusual small hardware has informed me that they do not have available nuts that would fit the standard 7/32 and 1/4 (x what looks like a 32 count thread) agraffe stems. I am looking for them because I need to chop one short ( I can't remembre which diameter) for an obsolete piano with obsolete agraffes where an agraffe is busted. I posted about this a few months ago and received the suggestion that a nut placed on the thread before the hack saw would help clean up the thread...; Does anybody have or know of such nuts?
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