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M10 socket caps with 6mm Allen hole?

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Chris Denton25/11/2015 19:51:00
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I'm looking for some M10 sockets cap bolts stainless but with a 5 or 6mm alwn key hole?

Any ideas?

Thanks.

jim'25/11/2015 20:40:34
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M10 button head capscrews are 6mm hex.

I have used "low head" cap screws, I think they were 7mm hex

Chris Denton25/11/2015 20:51:02
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Needs to be socket cap so I can hold it in a collet, but thanks.

JasonB25/11/2015 20:54:36
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These people do one size smaller head stainless cap heads so you get an M8 (6mm hex) head on a M10 cap head

Roger Head25/11/2015 22:56:05
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Good one Jason..., but brother, you'd better really need one, judging by the prices (if they are 1-piece prices)

Roger

Edited By Roger Head on 25/11/2015 22:57:19

mick26/11/2015 09:04:03
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Screwfix, Toolstation or Orbital fasteners, nothing much to choose between them for price

JasonB26/11/2015 13:17:59
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Mick do any of them do small headed ones? think they all have standard 8mm hex.

Howard Lewis27/11/2015 19:36:53
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Could you turn/shorten them (Button head screws) using a Lantern Chuck?

(There you are; another project to put off doing the original one!)

Howard

Edited By Howard Lewis on 27/11/2015 19:37:26

Tim Stevens27/11/2015 19:53:04
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Don't expect the hex to be exactly concentric with the thread. And the fasteners from Jason B's message are not just small heads, they are fine thread (1mm pitch instead of 1.25) which helps to explain the higher price.

Regards, Tim

David Jupp27/11/2015 21:46:00
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Start with a grub screw, add a 'head' made from drilled and tapped bar...

Chris Denton28/11/2015 20:56:34
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Thanks for the replies and the link, I think I'm just going to make a 'special' washer for a M6 button head. Thanks

The plan was to have a M6 bolt (made from an M10) but with a bigger head with a 6mm Allen key hole.

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