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It's getting harder and harder to find a place to get a good screw. Some eyeglass repair kits have screws in them, it seems that eye glass wearers need a screw once and a while too.
Junk store glass frames might be a source.
Good luck.
Everytime I find a film or paper that I like, they discontinue it. - Paul Strand - Aperture monograph on Strand
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Good morning, Shawn;
The best place I have found so far for small screws is down in Anikin's Territory. Well, actually, not far from him up in Portland, Oregon. Parkrose Hardware on NE Sandy Boulevard just a little east of I-205 is were I have gone to get small screws. They have both US and Metric, mild steel, brass, stainless steel, round head, pan head, flat head, oval head, socket head, and others. Truly a place to warm Tim Allen's heart and set it afluttering.
While I do live up here in Latte Land, Washington, yes, I have driven down there just to get small scews, because I know that I can get them. While I have not been able to get a true exact replacement for every screw I needed, I have been able to get engough screws to replace all of the screws of that type on the camera so that it all looks the same again. In many cases, this has been an improvement, because the replacement screws were stainless steel, and I think they look nicer.
Others have already suggested Micro-Tools, Small Parts, hobby shops, and others, and perhaps even a local watch repair shop. I also suggest checking your local independant, non-chain store, hardware store. You might be surprised at what they carry, and I have found that their selection was better than "the large box stores."
Enjoy;
Ralph Javins, Latte Land, Washington
There is no digital effect or computer program or an "add-on" or "plug-in" for Adobe PhotoShop Creative Suite 5,
that can simulate or equal watching the magic that happens in the developing tray when you can turn on the safe light,
and see the image begin to faintly form on the print and come up on the paper in the developing tray.
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Anywhere that glazes spectacles - lots of high street opticians have a workshop area where they can at least repair glasses - many can make them on the premises.
I asked in one shop and the optician took me to the area where the technicians repaired and adjusted glasses. Te screws were so small that if they dropped one - it stayed dropped. On the floor, under the bench, behind the computer keyboard were literally thousands of screws. I got a dust pan and brush full in a paper bag for free....
Having said that - amazing how many different sizes and threads there are and how few fitted any camera application :-(
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You can find tiny screws at RC/hobby stores sometimes. Also McMaster Carr and Small Parts. McMaster carr in particular has a really good website.
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I got a bunch of different size screws from a model railroad supply place online. http://www.micromark.com and think is the place. Bill Barber
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