Help to identify oddball screw

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Dave Whittick
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Help to identify oddball screw

#1 Post by Dave Whittick »

I found this screw in amongst my parts and pieces bagged for my door frames and vent windows. It was in a bag along with the thick washers and tension spring for my vent window which I re-plated.

Any idea what it's for, if anything? My plater may have thrown it into my stash just to mess with me.
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Mike Wilson
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#2 Post by Mike Wilson »

I've never run across that especially not for a vent window. The thread looks very coarse.

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Re: Help to identify oddball screw

#3 Post by Greg Bryan »

Looks like an anchor for a leg on a coil spring, but I don't ever recall seeing anything like it on a C or 912, which is what I'm familiar with
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#4 Post by Martin Benade »

Hard in a picture but it looks like 1/4-20 thread. Your plater sounds ok!
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#5 Post by Mike Wilson »

Yep, I've got some oddball parts back from the cad-plater. It doesn't make up for the parts they've lost though.

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