Source for Tiny Rivets, Wood Screws, and Nails

Frank R · Aug 30, 2007

I am looking for a source for small tubular rivets that were used on old cameras. I tried smallparts.com but all they had were solid copper rivets.

I am also looking for a source for the tiny wood screws and nails (escutcheon pins) used on old wood cameras.

Any ideas?

epatsellis · Aug 30, 2007

Frank,
if the rivets can be solid aluminum rivets, Wick's and Aircraft Spruce would have -3 rivets (3/32 dia) and a limited range of -2 (1/16 dia).

same sources may have smaller screws and nails, but I'd try to find any other source first. (aircraft related bits aren't exactly cheap)

Out of curiosity, have you tried McMaster?

erie

Nick Zentena · Aug 30, 2007

Where are you ? Lee Valley I think has everything but the rivets.

Frank R · Aug 30, 2007

Nick Zentena said:
Where are you ? Lee Valley I think has everything but the rivets.

Thanks, Lee Valley will do for the escutcheon pins. The wood screws I have removed from old cameras are far smaller and finer than what they have available though.

Craig · Aug 30, 2007

How about a hobby shop for the model airplane/ railroad crowd? They often have tiny fasteners.

Frank R · Aug 30, 2007

epatsellis said:
Out of curiosity, have you tried McMaster?

Thanks, it looks like they have smaller tubular rivets.

Now, if I could just find a source for those really cool tiny wood screws...

Frank R · Aug 30, 2007

Craig said:
How about a hobby shop for the model airplane/ railroad crowd? They often have tiny fasteners.

Tried them yesterday. Good for small bolts and nuts but not what I am looking for.

Richard Wasserman · Aug 30, 2007

Go to: www.mcmastercarr.com and use their search function. They have tubular rivets and wood screws as small as #2. I didn't look, but they probably have the escutheon pins too. In my experience, if Mcmaster doesn't have it I don't need it. They are wonderful to deal with also.

Richard Wasserman

Frank R · Aug 30, 2007

disfromage said:
Go to: www.mcmastercarr.com and use their search function. They have tubular rivets and wood screws as small as #2. I didn't look, but they probably have the escutheon pins too. In my experience, if Mcmaster doesn't have it I don't need it. They are wonderful to deal with also.

Richard Wasserman

They sure are good, I found some stuff there.

But the small wood screws are too fat. I should upload a photo of what I am looking for compared to what is available out there.

Richard Wasserman · Aug 30, 2007

Frank, try here: http://tinyurl.com/2xtmdc More what you're looking for?

Richard W

semeuse · Aug 30, 2007

Both www.microfasteners.com and www.micromark.com have those tiny wood screws (#0 and up)

Frank R · Aug 30, 2007

disfromage said:
Frank, try here: http://tinyurl.com/2xtmdc More what you're looking for?

Richard W

Thanks, that was good. I am definately bookmarking these sites for future reference. They don't show pictures of some of their products though. I will order a catalog to see if they do there.

Frank R · Aug 30, 2007

semeuse said:
Both www.microfasteners.com and www.micromark.com have those tiny wood screws (#0 and up)

Another good link, thanks.

Does anyone know what the diameter of a #0 wood screw is?

Photo Engineer · Aug 30, 2007

Any hobby shop that sells model airplanes, cars or trains carries a stock of both English and Metric screws, washers, bolts and rivets along with a lot of oddball things you would never imagine.

Try www.walthers.com

PE

Photo Engineer · Aug 30, 2007

I might add that Walthers sells both wood and metal screws and fasteners and the drills, taps and dies for these tiny sizes down to 0090.

PE

Frank R · Aug 30, 2007

Photo Engineer said:
Any hobby shop that sells model airplanes, cars or trains carries a stock of both English and Metric screws, washers, bolts and rivets along with a lot of oddball things you would never imagine.

Try www.walthers.com

PE

Aha! It looks like a #0 wood screw is .060" in diameter. These might be the wood screws I am looking for.

My local hobby shop did not carry those however. Thanks for that link.

Photo Engineer · Aug 30, 2007

Good.

Walthers is a nationally known company with a very good reputation in the US for over 50 years. You can rely on them. They are well known in the hobby industry and have over 8 pages of screws alone.

PE

Frank R · Aug 30, 2007

I used to get the Walthers catalog when I was a kid and working with scale model trains. It is nice to know the hobby is thriving.

Photo Engineer · Aug 30, 2007

Frank R said:
I used to get the Walthers catalog when I was a kid and working with scale model trains. It is nice to know the hobby is thriving.

Look at the train photo in my gallery. I have a few of them yet to post.

PE

Greg_E · Aug 30, 2007

Micro fasteners has a lot more than they list on the web site. Things like the #0000 screws and some oddball tiny metric stuff. I forget what the smallest wood screw is though. I've ordered from them a few times, and it's always really fast.

Also, most hobby stores are super expensive for a package of screws, they are normally my last resort.

jmcclure · Sep 1, 2007

The following formula will give the nominal dia of normal screws.

.060 + (.013 x scr no.) = nominal diameter of number sized screws.

This makes it easy to know screw sizes- no chart necessary.

freygr · Sep 3, 2007

Other good sources are:
MSC Industrial Supply Co. link: http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/nnsrhm
Nutty Company Online Fastener Store link: http://www.nutty.com/

MenacingTourist · Sep 4, 2007

disfromage said:
Go to: www.mcmastercarr.com and use their search function. They have tubular rivets and wood screws as small as #2. I didn't look, but they probably have the escutheon pins too. In my experience, if Mcmaster doesn't have it I don't need it. They are wonderful to deal with also.

Richard Wasserman

Thanks for the great thread and this link!

I just ordered some #2 brass screws I had been looking for. The packs of 100 were amost the same price as the other screws (pack of 5) I bought from Home Depot. If anyone needs some of these let me know and I'll send some along. There's no way I'll ever use the 95 I have left

Alan.

Greg_E · Sep 4, 2007

Depending on what size you needed, I might have been able to save you the trouble. I think my brass #2 is 1/4 inch, which is about 1.5 turns aroud the shaft. They still hold pretty well if you counter sink the heads.

MenacingTourist · Sep 6, 2007

Turns out McMasters is very close to where I live. They were waiting for me when I got home. I've heard of same day shipping but this was same day delivery!

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