[sdiy] Nut Question

[Matthew Smith]

Quoth Altitude at 31/07/11 12:04...
> For the 6mm shaft thing, I use a 1/4" thin wall brass tube and run a 6mm
> reamer through it to make a bushing to make up the difference.  Otherwise,
> your 1/4" shaft knob will be pretty lopsided when you screw it down.
> 
> As far as the nut goes, its probably a M7x0.75 thread.  Metric threads go
> half and whole sizes (M6, M6.5, M7 etc) with the whole sizes being much more
> common 

Thanks, on both counts!

Typically, Element14 doesn't hold any M7 full nuts :-/ Think I might try
to lay my hands on a thread gauge to confirm the size before I go
hunting for alternate suppliers. (Don't see many suppliers selling half
a dozen nuts and not stinging me for freight/minimum order charges.)

Of course, I do have mounting holes on the little adapter PCBs I'm
putting these encoders on, so have an alternative means of fastening them.

Cheers

M

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