Fine pitch M30x2.0 nut source?
Don Lancaster
Have a Square D joystick with no hardware.
The threads are apparently FINE PITCH 30 mm, probably 2.0 pitch.
Regular M30x3.5 mm hardware jams.
Any sanely priced source of mounting nuts or bezels?
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> Have a Square D joystick with no hardware.
>
> The threads are apparently FINE PITCH 30 mm, probably 2.0 pitch.
> Regular M30x3.5 mm hardware jams.
>
> Any sanely priced source of mounting nuts or bezels?
>
There will be plenty of helpful people who could turn one up on a lathe for
you, even if they haven't already got one.
JB
whit3rd
> Have a Square D joystick with no hardware.
>
> The threads are apparently FINE PITCH 30 mm, probably 2.0 pitch.
> Regular M30x3.5 mm hardware jams.
>
> Any sanely priced source of mounting nuts or bezels?
Why not just drop it in a hole and put a plastic tiewrap on the
back to keep it in place?
The old solution is to hand-chase a soft metal (brass) in a lathe.
Good luck finding a craftsman who remembers how to do this
as a simple one-off, though.
Don Lancaster
The tiewrap would have to go on the front and not the back.
Not something an eBay buyer would like to see.
Archimedes' Lever
M30 is bigger than an inch in diameter.
The first number is the diameter, and the second is the length.
DOH!
Don Lancaster
> On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:14:53 -0700, Don Lancaster wrote:
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>> Have a Square D joystick with no hardware.
>>
>> The threads are apparently FINE PITCH 30 mm, probably 2.0 pitch. Regular
>> M30x3.5 mm hardware jams.
>>
>> Any sanely priced source of mounting nuts or bezels?
>
>
>
> http://fasteners.wbparts.com/Fasteners/hexagon-plain-nut-Fasteners/2793.html
>
> Lots more ...
>
Turns out the "regular" 30 mm pushbutton nuts are really 30x1.5 and the
joystick ones are 30x1.0. The 1.5's are easy to find. The 1.0's seem
impossibly difficult.
There are apparently FOUR different 30 mm threads. Regular nuts at 3.5
pitch, fine pitch ones at 2 pitch, usual pushbutton jam nuts at 1.5
pitch, and square D joystick nuts at 1.0 pitch.
Since the single joystick is unlikely to sell for more than $89 on eBay
(its list price is $500), putting much more than five dollars into the
hardware would not be cost effective.
We have a strict policy of no unhappy customers.
I am open to a quick cash offer before I put this one on the Alvin pile.
whit3rd
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> The threads are apparently FINE PITCH 30 mm,
I don't know about sane pricing (the Schneider site shows
that joystick at over $300), but 30mm barrels are apparently
common to joystick and a line of pushbuttons from Square D.
They do sell some hardware spares for these.
The online catalog is less than totally helpful, of course; you'd
want to contact a local distributor who knows the interconnections.
Ask about type K, 21426 family round hardware.
Archimedes' Lever
<excret...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> There are apparently FOUR different 30 mm threads. Regular nuts at 3.5
>> pitch, fine pitch ones at 2 pitch, usual pushbutton jam nuts at 1.5 pitch,
>> and square D joystick nuts at 1.0 pitch.
>
>ISO 30mm dia. threads are 3.5 and 2mm. The fine ones can be difficult to
>find.
Get a different joystick. Cheaper and easier in the long run.
RogerN
I wonder if this is the same size/pitch as the nuts used on 30MM proximity
switches.
http://www.automationdirect.com/static/specs/prox30mmat.pdf
Under sensors->inductive prox->cables and accessories, they sell the 30 X
1.5 hex nuts.
http://www.automationdirect.com
GXM3PD2013
HEXNUTS F 30MM PROXIMITY SENSORS - PK OF 6
$10.25
Or if you know anyone that works at a job as an industrial electrician they
probably replace 30MM prox switches and throw either the new or old nuts
away.
RogerN
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