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Looking for oddly sized barrel bolts (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/tools

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I'm trying to find replacement barrel bolts to hold the scales on a fixed blade knife.

The dimensions, as best I can measure, are:

Barrel Section: 6mm diameter and 8mm long Screw Thread: 4mm diameter and 6mm long Heads: 8mm diameter and 3mm thick with 2.5mm hex sockets

I have done a fair amount of web searching and I have looked at several of the large online tool and fastener companies. Almost everything I can find has a much thinner barrel and wider head.

Can anyone suggest where I should look for these?

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[–] Hazdaz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

McMaster

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did try them, but no luck.

[–] Hazdaz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know what they say about that... if McMaster doesn't have it, it doesn't exist.

Consider a standard part that you can cut to fit your needs.

Also consider Imperial sizes. 4 mm is almost exactly 5/32", 6 mm is almost 1/4" (roughly 1/2 mm smaller). You can much more easily change the length than any other dimension so find one that is longer than you need and cut to fit your needs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'll give it another try with Imperial measurements. Thank you!