where've all the left handed threads gone?

[shagbite]

just wasted a full day driving round bradford looking for a left hand threaded bolt for a dewalt mitre saw. i'd have had more chance of winning the euromillions. why are these things so hard to get hold of???

off to leeds first thing tomorrow.....there's a place that sells them over there, but if i order it over the phone there's a surcharge that amounts to 15x the price of the bolt.....?????????

world's gone mad.

 

[telectrix]

bet you could find it on t'web. google or evilbay. search de walt parts.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Dunno where they've gone. Never realised we had any .... this is the very first left-handed thread I've ever seen on this forum.

 

[iamelectric]

is it ur first day on the job and someones rippin it out u

 

[Silly Sausage]

Dunno where they've gone. Never realised we had any .... this is the very first left-handed thread I've ever seen on this forum.

Aye, most posters here seem to be ultra right! :smilielol5:

 

[GLENNSPARK]

what you need is the pitch, threadform and the O/D....once you have that then you will be able to get left hand threadforms from the local engineering supplies...

 

[Geordie Spark]

Aye, most posters here seem to be ultra right! :smilielol5:

That's a brand of tooth past innit???

 

[Geordie Spark]

what you need is the pitch, threadform and the O/D....once you have that then you will be able to get left hand threadforms from the local engineering supplies...

Quite right Glen.

Single-point screw cutting on a centre lathe was my speciality in a previous life.

 

[Guest55]

why not just order the exact dewalt component from a online tool repair merchants ?or is that too radical thinking ?;-)

 

[GLENNSPARK]

theres an engineerng supplies near to me..(you know bearings, oillite bushings and dowty seals n all, that lot)...so if you can get the O/D then i will get a L/H thread bolt..
I will need to know the O/D and the length...i reckon it will be a metric coarse...

 

[Silly Sausage]

That's a brand of tooth past innit???

Hahaahaha...very good...!!!

best stop now I think.

 

[shagbite]

bet you could find it on t'web. google or evilbay. search de walt parts.

yeah, had a quick look online. ebay and amazon.com have 'em, but i'd have to get it sent from the u.s.

 

[shagbite]

theres an engineerng supplies near to me..(you know bearings, oillite bushings and dowty seals n all, that lot)...so if you can get the O/D then i will get a L/H thread bolt..
I will need to know the O/D and the length...i reckon it will be a metric coarse...

place that has 'em is on geldard rd. can't remember the name off hand. gonna get over there first thing.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Have a shufty here...
Fix8 | Fasteners | Fixings | Power Tools | PPE | Safety Signs | Lindapter Hollo-Bolt

Used them before with good results.

 

[Guest55]

forget wandering around aimlessly hoping to find the right bolt even with all the pitch / thread info , thats a mugs game.

you need the dewalt part number , from here......

DeWalt Service Technical Home Page

then track down retailers who can get it.

 

[shagbite]

why not just order the exact dewalt component from a online tool repair merchants ?or is that too radical thinking ?;-)

need it now mate.

 

[Silly Sausage]

forget wandering around aimlessly hoping to find the right bolt even with all the pitch / thread info , thats a mugs game.

you need the dewalt part number , from here......

DeWalt Service Technical Home Page

then track down retailers who can get it.

Forget DeWalt, this is THE place for spares...
Elu Spare Parts | Miles Tool & Machinery Centre

 

[Guest55]

im assuming the old bolt is lost ?
therefore you dont know the length , diameter , thread ?
in which case youre screwed without the part no.

 

[Guest55]

Forget DeWalt, this is THE place for spares...
Elu Spare Parts | Miles Tool & Machinery Centre

yes , how crazy of me to use the dewalt website to find a dewalt part , what was i thinking ?
;-)

 

[shagbite]

forget wandering around aimlessly hoping to find the right bolt even with all the pitch / thread info , thats a mugs game.

you need the dewalt part number , from here......

DeWalt Service Technical Home Page

then track down retailers who can get it.

i know that now!

trouble is, when i started, i didn't think they'd be that hard to find. these things are rarer than rocking horse poo.