[Noisebridge-discuss] Help with mini lathe, please!

[Gian Pablo Villamil]

Have you tried Center Hardware on 999 Mariposa St? They have a pretty
good selection of metric hardware in M4, I've bought a bunch of stuff
for Makerbots from there.

Alternatively Harrison and Bonini (which is their address too) is a
shop that specializes in fasteners, they will certainly have what you
need, but you might need to buy a pack of 50.

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Roque Lopez <lopezbossi at me.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am very, very new to noisebridge. My first encounter: maker faire, second:
> a great soldering workshop with Mitch Altman, last saturday... so I am
> looking forward to get more and more involved... however, for the moment, I
> need help from someone who knows how to operate the mini lathe.
> My issue: I totally under estimated how difficult it would be to find metric
> bolts locally. Specifically I need three eye bolts (or similar lifting
> device)... metric thread M4x0.7... 8 to 12 mm length. I need to get ahold of
> them by Friday, at the very latest. After looking online and calling many
> hardware stores, I cannot get these bolts in such short notice. Then I
> remembered that at noisebridge there is a mini-lathe. I used to know how to
> operate a lathe back in college, so I could give it a shot myself... but
> then again, I need some steel, I guess.
> Or maybe there is an easier solution, if there is a bunch of bolts somewhere
> at noisebridge, I could dive to see if I can find something useful...
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Roque
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