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Can you use a screw that is of a different thread pitch to a threaded hole?
I have a couple of thumb screws that I am wanting to replace with longer ones. It is mainly used to hold a thin metal lid closed so it wont be used for anything heavy. With my measurement they look to be M3 x 0.5mm x 0.7mm. Unfortunately my local hardware store doesnt have anything like this and looking online this doesnt look to be a very common thread pitch for an M3 screw. So I was wondering if its possible to instead use another pitch length that is an even equivalent to 0.5. Something like 1mm, 1.5mm, 2mm, etc? submitted by /u/nanjero [link] [comments]
I have a couple of thumb screws that I am wanting to replace with longer ones. It is mainly used to hold a thin metal lid closed so it wont be used for anything heavy.
With my measurement they look to be M3 x 0.5mm x 0.7mm.
Unfortunately my local hardware store doesnt have anything like this and looking online this doesnt look to be a very common thread pitch for an M3 screw.
So I was wondering if its possible to instead use another pitch length that is an even equivalent to 0.5. Something like 1mm, 1.5mm, 2mm, etc?
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