My wife has a 10 year old Sears machine. I'm trying to mount it in the cabinet. Two bolts are required and that is the problem.
Three calls to Sears service got me nowhere. I tried searching through two coffee cans of misc. hardware however no machine bolts fit. I've been buying a few bolts ata time with no luck. If you have ever bought single bolts at a home center you know why I do not want to go that way.
Are the bolts a standard size?
thanks.
I don't know about the bolts being standard or not, but you might be able to order them at the Sears on-line parts store. =20
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Hi Brian,
As another poster has said it is probably a metric thread in the machine. I see from the header that you are in Canada (me too), do you have a branch of 'Home Hardware' in your vicinity? You will be able to buy machine screws in ones and twos there for literally a couple of cents each! (no point in buying them in packs of 20+ when you only need two). Failing that do you have a Ma & Pa type hardware store or a farmers Co-op type store or an industrial fastener supplier, they probably have loose screws (the metal sort) too.
Do you have a metal/plastic rule with millimeters (mm) on it? Measure the widest distance across the hole in the machine and the screw size will be the next whole size larger than this measurement (it is unlikely that you will have a 'x.5' mm screw size). If you only have an 'English' rule divided in parts of inches you can still tell what metric screw size you should be looking for. If the hole measures 3/16" across the widest part try a 5 mm screw, 7/32" try 6 mm, 9/32" or 19/64" try 8 mm or 3/8" try 10 mm. The screws 'should' be one of the above sizes, definitely NOT less than 5 mm nor larger than 10 mm.
HTH,
Larry
Home Depot sells metric bolts and nuts in all the Canadian stores I've been in. They sell them buy the piece or by the package. Ditto most Rona/Lansing and Canadian Tire.
Don't understand why. The big box stores can solve the problem if you know the size. As Larry says, bring the machine in and be done with it.
Mike
What you want to do is go to an industrial supply store , with the machine. They'll have what every bolt you need or the right type you can be sure. Most midsize towns will have them under a variaty of names , they usualy supply machine repair shops and industries for all those little knick-knacks that they need to repair or maintain their equipment, they should have no problem supplying you with a bolt or two.
Jean
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A good machine shop will be able to make whatever you need - in the long run- it may be cheaper.
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