[ale] Where to get some Hard Drive mounting screws?

[Scott Castaline]

On 03/14/2011 02:10 PM, Ron Frazier wrote:
> William,
>
> Those pictures are pretty cool, and I'm saving a copy.  It's a neat idea
> to use a scanner.  Looks like they're floating in mid air.  The thing I
> was concerned about for the original poster was the thread pitch.
> That's why I suggested doing some comparison.  From your image, it looks
> like B and E are what's usually used for HDD mounting.  It appears that
> their thread pitch is the same.  I don't think the head shape is too
> critical, as long as it doesn't go through the slot in the case.  One is
> slightly longer, which could be a problem with certain screw holes on
> laptop HDD's particularly.
>
> C and D both seem to have the same fine threads.  I've seen those on
> occasion, but don't remember for sure where, maybe for mounting CD / DVD
> drives.
>
> The only place I've seen A used is to screw into plastic case fan
> housings.  The advantage of that is that the fan doesn't need threads,
> and the screw doesn't need a nut.  I have a suspicion that reattaching
> the fan if you remove it is much harder, but I haven't tested that.
Not really, do it all the time to clean out dust build up on the fans, 
when the mood strikes me.
> I suspect that the head of B and D are similar if not identical.  If so,
> you could use another B for your head photo of D.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
> On 03/14/2011 12:40 PM, William Bagwell wrote:
>> On Monday 14 March 2011, John Pilman wrote:
>>
>>> I have a medicine bottle of miscellaneous spare computer screws in the
>>> Marietta/Acworth/Woodstock area.  Or I could also mail a few.  I have
>>> four that I just verified.  They are hex head, so they look like 'B'
>>> in the photo.
>>>
>> I use a tiny metal can that originally held BB gun pellets. Was able to
>> *almost* duplicate the picture I posted earlier with just its contents.
>> http://mysecondbathouse.com/ComputerScrewsSm.jpg
>>
>> Not only better resolution from using a flatbed scanner instead of a
>> camera, since it is my picture I don't have to worry about being sued:-O
>> So feel free to share! And if I get energetic I may shop in the missing
>> view of D.
>>