Oli Glaser wrote:

> Ah, I see. I'll see what I can find on threads for plastic.
>
> >> The UTS (Hammond are US so I assumed this would be the most likely) is
> > Hammond is Canadian, headquartered in Guelph, Ontario.,
>
> Well, I was close.. :-) .

Whats 90 miles between friends
Guelph is about 90 miles north of Buffalo, NY

> >> specified as X-Y where X is the diameter and Y is the thread turns per
> >> inch. 1/32 would give a diameter of 0.8mm and 3/16 means nothing in
> >> terms of turns per inch. Even if you swap them round it doesn't make s=
ense.
> >> Whilst linking to the above datasheet I noticed it's actually differen=
t
> > >from the one I have, and gives #2 x 3/16" instead of the aforementione=
d
> >> 32 x 3/16". This makes more sense as #2 equates to 2.18mm diameter
> >> shank, but I'm still unsure as to the thread (not that it matters too
> >> much as it's self tapping, but I'd like to know anyway)

32 x 3/16 is a typo it should have been #2 x 3/16.   # is a shifted 3

w...

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