Help with purchasing this screw

[steveoelliott]

Hi Folks,

 

I have some old Laura Ashley curtain poles where the screws that secure the pole to the brackets have been lost / missing. Here is one of the ones I still have. Does anybody know where I can source these from?

 

 

Thank you...

[markc]

thats a readily available countersunk screw. available from any industrial supply place. ask a mechanic for your local supplier.

[markc]

or if you take another pic with it on a rule or tape measure i will give you the details to get off ebay or amazon etc.

[IanR]

I'm guessing, but looks something like an M4 Screw Coutersunk, internal hex x 10mm long

 

https://www.westfieldfasteners.co.uk/Bolts-Screws-Metric/Socket-Head-Countersunk-Screw-M4x10-A4-Stainless.html?google_shopping=qty_A4_ScrewBolt_SHCsk_M4_10=30&gclid=CjwKCAjwlrqHBhByEiwAnLmYUFcUif7f9vD_qtgrotIT9EjY8CuRJkTyWD4r2rRmuWhi9assNXDGzxoCIfoQAvD_BwE

 

Can you check diameter and length dimensions to be sure?

 

[steveoelliott]

2 hours ago, markc said:

or if you take another pic with it on a rule or tape measure i will give you the details to get off ebay or amazon etc.

Thanks Mark.

 

See requested photos attached.

[IanR]

A little smaller than I thought.

 

It may be an M3 x 8mm Counter sunk Socket (Internal Hex) (but it could be an M3.5 or M4)

 

https://www.westfieldfasteners.co.uk/Bolts-Screws-Metric/Socket-Head-Countersunk-Screw-M3x8-A2-Stainless.html

 

You have to buy 60 from the link above, you'll likely find smaller amounts on eBay.

 

Can you measure the thread diameter, is it 3mm, 3.5mm or 4mm?

[markc]

As above, I reckon it’s M3

[markc]

I will be back in our workshop either tomorrow afternoon or Friday morning. I will have a look what we have and assuming we do have some I can pop a few in the post to you.

[Temp]

Looks like M3..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M3-x-8-mm-CSK-C-S-A2-STAINLESS-STEEL-COUNTERSUNK-HEAD-SCREWS-HEXAGON-HEX-SOCKET/291820450318?hash=item43f1dab20e:g:Yd0AAMXQTghRNiUK&pageci=310f8fb6-95c5-4e0b-9d4a-d597c6e5d6ff&redirect=mobile

 

If the screw feels very loose then don't over tighten. Try M4.

 

M3.5 isn't a standard size but might be some available.

 

 

[IanR]

24 minutes ago, Temp said:

M3.5 isn't a standard size but might be some available.

 

M3.5 is readily available

 

https://www.accu.co.uk/en/countersunk-socket-head-screws/5608-SSK-M3-5-8-A4

[steveoelliott]

8 hours ago, markc said:

I will be back in our workshop either tomorrow afternoon or Friday morning. I will have a look what we have and assuming we do have some I can pop a few in the post to you.

That would be awesome Mark. If you have 6 to spare then PM me and let me know what I owe you. Otherwise i'll buy a bulk load.

 

I measured the shaft size and to my rather untrained eyes it looks to be 3mm.

 

 

[steveoelliott]

Appreciate all the responses and information... folks.

[PeterW]

To check if it’s M3.5 or M3 just remove a face plate screw from a light switch and try it carefully in the hole. They are M3.5.  

[dpmiller]

/ if it's long enough to get through the faceplate and  down to the box...

[steveoelliott]

47 minutes ago, PeterW said:

To check if it’s M3.5 or M3 just remove a face plate screw from a light switch and try it carefully in the hole. They are M3.5.  

It wouldn't reach the back box for sure but having pulled a spare socket screw, I can see it looks a whisker narrower. Maybe it is 3.5.

[PeterW]

Sorry meant the socket box screw into the rail not vice versa 

[ToughButterCup]

The thread is the thing. Length can be cut and ground to whatever you need. 

Buy yourself one of these and put it on a hook in the workshop / garage/ shed / drawer. And put it back after use and hide it from your male children.

I think I must have bought four over the years. Funny how they just vapourise.

[SteamyTea]

[markc]

@steveoelliott had a look in my workshop, I have 2 M3x8 in black with Philips head. If they are any use pm your address and I will send them.

 

[steveoelliott]

16 minutes ago, markc said:

@steveoelliott had a look in my workshop, I have 2 M3x8 in black with Philips head. If they are any use pm your address and I will send them.

 

 

Thanks Mark... Actually after comparing with some grub screws mine are definitely m4's. Do you have any of these kicking about? If not I'll purchase some online.

[markc]

15 minutes ago, steveoelliott said:

 

Thanks Mark... Actually after comparing with some grub screws mine are definitely m4's. Do you have any of these kicking about? If not I'll purchase some online.

only cap heads in M4

[steveoelliott]

8 minutes ago, markc said:

only cap heads in M4

 

No worries thanks a lot. At least I know what I need to order now anyway.