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

[Rachel McConnell]

There are a bunch of Mx bolts, nuts, and washers in the NB shop, in a 
little white plastic box with clear drawers (labeled) like electronics 
parts are kept in.  It lives on the shelves on the south wall (between 
the doors, more or less).  The lengths, from what I recall, are in your 
desired range.  There are a few more Mx bolts in cardboard boxes in the 
same general area.  I do not recall if there are M4 size though :(  I 
use these bolts to fix my bicycle rack after they vibrate off after a 
couple months.

On 6/1/11 3:05 PM, Gian Pablo Villamil wrote:
> 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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