Re: Radio head fix nuts
Posted by HH56 On 2020/6/17 15:33:10
Most electrical devices today use an extra fine thread and McMaster-Carr and others do have the thin hex nuts in the UNEF 3/8-32 size. If the old radios used a coarser thread like 3/8-24 then about the thinnest nut I know of is referred to as a jam nut and is 7/32 or almost 1/4 thick. McMaster has those too.
If no one else has a source or better solution possibly you could grind a couple of the thicker nuts down or thread a regular nut on a length of threaded rod and then cut thru the rod and nut so nut is cut in half. Another possibility is pick up some of the already thin UNEF nuts and rethread them to the needed 3/8-24. No idea if that could be done without causing enough damage that might destroy the threads though.
Here is McMasters listing for the typical sizes of UNEF nuts and they also carry them in other type metals.
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If no one else has a source or better solution possibly you could grind a couple of the thicker nuts down or thread a regular nut on a length of threaded rod and then cut thru the rod and nut so nut is cut in half. Another possibility is pick up some of the already thin UNEF nuts and rethread them to the needed 3/8-24. No idea if that could be done without causing enough damage that might destroy the threads though.
Here is McMasters listing for the typical sizes of UNEF nuts and they also carry them in other type metals.
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