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[gogis]

I need some spare parts to fix our fusball table. Actually I need to buy some grower washers, so screws wich hold players tight do not get loose. The problem is I can't get this screws without taking ones from the table, which will induce table defunct and employees tantrum and uproar.
I checked manual and it says "Screw M8#*1-1/8`" which is gibberish to me. Only info I need is screw diameter and length. In fucking metric. So hardware shop manager wouldnt look at me like a lunatic.

[LordSlowpoke]

Fairly sure you can try asking for M8 screws. This sorta stuff is standardized, but I assume you've googled said screw type beforehand?

...that assumes it's not the screw's name, however. I sort of doubt the table's in use 24/7 so you could take one out and plug it back in after you get the measurements, I don't really know.

[gogis]

Fairly sure you can try asking for M8 screws. This sorta stuff is standardized, but I assume you've googled said screw type beforehand?

...that assumes it's not the screw's name, however. I sort of doubt the table's in use 24/7 so you could take one out and plug it back in after you get the measurements, I don't really know.

I did my search in google and all I got is images and data I couldnt decipher. "`" sign in the end tells me it's inch related and same bullcrap like calibers, you know, 9mm or .45? Call me doctor. Russian GOST tells me M8 is 8 millimeters, but I saw the screw and it's like one millimeter and *some* in diameter thats why I ask here. Americans know better

[gogis]

I sort of doubt the table's in use 24/7 so you could take one out and plug it back in after you get the measurements, I don't really know.

I start my usual workday at around 2pm, and finish at 7-8pm, and many of my colleagues start to work much earlier (call them slaves ), more to conventional 9-to-5, so they will miss sessions and will be upset, lacking all this happy thoughts. If I couldnt get answer here, then I will subjugate one screw by force, ofc. Wanted more peacefull resolution though

[LordSlowpoke]

Sorta safe to assume 1 inch = 3 centimeters, but you're right. Where are the gallon experts~

[gogis]

Sorta safe to assume 1 inch = 3 centimeters, but you're right. Where are the gallon experts~

More liek 2.54. Can I derail this thread? Why USA (and Britain I suppose?) didnt adopted metric system? I assume you use some other measurements in physics? There should be plausible reason, I mean metrics is so easy with all that decimal approach.

[LordSlowpoke]

did you just ask permission to derail your own thread

As far as I'm concerned it's all about the money. The UK have some weird system where they use parts of metric and parts of imperial as they see fit, but the US is full-on furloughs simply because nobody can spare the dosh to regear the entire population. Both of 'em use metric for scientific purposes, though! So that's nice.

[andrea]

Assuming its name comes from ISO rules, it should be an 8 millimeter wide screw, with a pitch of 1 millimeter ( fine thread). Not sure about the last part, however. are you sure it is 1/8', or could you be misreading it?

however, you also said that the screw is just a bit wider than 1 millimeter, which means that either you are very wrong, or this isn't an ISO screw. ( ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization). in that case, your best bet is to go to the local shop, tell them what is written on the screw and hope they find one that matches.

edit: 1/8' might be tolerances, but I am not sure. either way, I don't think there is information about length.

[gogis]

Assuming its name comes from ISO rules, it should be an 8 millimeter wide screw, with a pitch of 1 millimeter ( fine thread). Not sure about the last part, however. are you sure it is 1/8', or could you be misreading it?

however, you also said that the screw is just a bit wider than 1 millimeter, which means that either you are very wrong, or this isn't an ISO screw. ( ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization). in that case, your best bet is to go to the local shop, tell them what is written on the screw and hope they find one that matches.

edit: 1/8' might be tolerances, but I am not sure. either way, I don't think there is information about length.

To buy a proper grower washer I only need a diameter, and I am totally lost here. I know what ISO is about, and screw description was right from manual. And I am pretty sure that any local shop will threat me as a retard if I come by with ISO standart, because we have local one (GOST, idk how it's abbreviated in outer world). I hoped for someone savvy with inch/pint/gallon standarts.

[Il Palazzo]

This is all very confusing.
According to the manual the screw is an M8*1-1/8''. That's 8mm in diametre and 28mm long(1 and an eight of an inch). But you say you don't need the length, just the diametre in metric, so what's the fuss about? It is 8mm for M8 both in ISO and in the ungodly mixture of metric and imperial that the Brits(and Yanks?) use. Measured at the body, so with the thread it is a bit more.
But then you say your screw is 1+mm in diametre, which means that either the manual of your foosball table uses some obscure standard(which you've never mentioned), or you got the wrong screw.


Why won't you just buy or borrow a vernier calliper(or any calliper for that matter):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernier_scale
and measure the damn thing.


Hell, if you're desperate, get a length thread to get the circumference of the screw and calculate the diametre. The more times you wrap it the more accurate your result.

[gogis]

Why won't you just buy or borrow a vernier calliper(or any calliper for that matter):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernier_scale
and measure the damn thing.

Funny, we call this thing Stangenzirkel 
Anyway I am unscrewing one damn thing. Let the shopguy decide