>>Has anyone ever had agraffes custom made? Who does this kind of job? >> >>David Love > >I haven't, but any reasonably equipped and competent machine shop should >be able to make agraffes. I'd expect them to be expensive though. > >Check with Schaff. They might have the replacements that APSCO had made. >These would be 9/32x34 thread, not the old 9/32x36 that Schaff used to >carry, with most of them being double helix thread and utterly useless. > >As a fallback, I'd consider 5/16x24 solid Keenserts or something similar, >center drilled in a lathe and tapped to 7/32x36 for standard agraffes. Or >have that machine shop make up similar inserts (installed with Loctite) >far cheaper than they could produce agraffes. You'd have to tap out the >plate either way. > >Ron N Do you think there's enough meat on a standard agraffe that you could cut off the shank and then drill and tap the body of the agraffe to accept a 9/32x34 rod? Phil Ford
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