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From: Steven Lembark <lembark@×××××××.com>
To: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
Cc: gentoo-user@l.g.o, lembark@×××××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] mounting screws
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 18:14:33
Message-Id: 20220221131409.6d8bc2c0.lembark@wrkhors.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] [OT] mounting screws by Peter Humphrey
1 On Sun, 20 Feb 2022 17:24:44 +0000
2 Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
3
4 > Hello list,
5 >
6 > This has nothing to do with Gentoo, but I don't know where else to
7 > ask.
8 >
9 > I have a couple of vertically mounted easy-swap disk caddies in the
10 > back of my workstation, and I'm having trouble finding screws to
11 > mount the disk in the caddy. Clearance is nil, so the screws must be
12 > countersunk so they aren't proud of the surface. They seem to be m3
13 > perhaps 5mm long.
14
15 Sanity check: Do you have at least one of the screws?
16
17 The threads will be defined by your disk drives, which means
18 they are possibly imperial threads (vs. SI). Many of the same
19 sorts of screws are used on autombiles; you might find that a
20 local parts store can dig up a pitch guage that'll at least
21 tell you what you're looking for.
22
23 --
24 Steven Lembark
25 Workhorse Computing
26 lembark@×××××××.com
27 +1 888 359 3508

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] mounting screws Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>