--- In 80f5@yahoogroups.com, Whitney Turner <wturner@...> wrote:
>
> Those may be M6 - double check before tightening too hard... M6 has
> a 25.4TPI thread (1.0MM pitch) and is a little bigger than 12-24, so
> there may be a one-way fit pseudo-compatibility, but there won't be
> good thread engagement.
>
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>
Thank you. I answered my own question by discovering (trial and error without
any metric screws in my took kit) that the 12-24 screw did go in. How would I
know if there is, or is not, good thread engagement with it?

Gene