Flathead pin with circlip groove - Any in-store source?

[KnurledNut]

Anyone know of a supplier that stocks and sells these?
I can buy them online, but wanted to research local options first.
I just need a small one for a torque wrench head, roughly 5/8 long by 5/32 Ø.
Trying to keep cost minimal but still good quality if possible.
I do have access to a small lathe but I'm not sure that small a grooving tool is available.

 

[Dave455]

Not quite the answer you wanted, but grooving tools that small are certainly available.

Basically, if someone make a circlip, someone else makes a grooving tool.

MSC sell relatively inexpensive ones with interchangeable inserts, but as the task is relatively undemanding I tend to grind a piece of tool steel.

 

[KnurledNut]

Not quite the answer you wanted, but grooving tools that small are certainly available.

Basically, if someone make a circlip, someone else makes a grooving tool.

MSC sell relatively inexpensive ones with interchangeable inserts, but as the task is relatively undemanding I tend to grind a piece of tool steel.

Thank-you for the reply Dave. I didn't state that well. By available, I meant the available tooling the lathe owner has.
Its possible I could grind something down, but making it will be last resort, as time is money for me.

BTW, I do have an e-clip assortment, I just need the pin.
I have also considered a chicago screw, but those are likewise hard to find locally.

 

[larry_g]

Thank-you for the reply Dave. I didn't state that well. By available, I meant the available tooling the lathe owner has.
Its possible I could grind something down, but making it will be last resort, as time is money for me.

BTW, I do have an e-clip assortment, I just need the pin.
I have also considered a chicago screw, but those are likewise hard to find locally.

Sure be a lot easier if we knew where in the world you are located. Me I'd start at the local farm store. Then move onto the local industrial supply.

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[mreisner]

A good hardware store like an Ace Hardware that has a selection of Hardware in the pull out trays probably would have one of those

 

[dnschmidt]

Anyone know of a supplier that stocks and sells these?
I can buy them online, but wanted to research local options first.
I just need a small one for a torque wrench head, roughly 5/8 long by 5/32 Ø.
Trying to keep cost minimal but still good quality if possible.
I do have access to a small lathe but I'm not sure that small a grooving tool is available.

Oddly, these are very common on SATA, and SATA like, spray guns. The ones on the spray guns have a hole in the middle to allow the needle to pass through and this bar is what retracks the needle. I'd just check Amazon since I'm prime and wouldn't have to pay for shipping. Getting the C-clips on is a major adventure and getting them off once on is an even bigger adventure. If anybody has any tricks for doing this please share the secret.

 

[Firebrick43]

My local ACE hardware stores have a few sizes of them in stock. Online, McMaster carr

 

[Wrench97]

Any decent hardware store will have an assortment of the them, the length of yours however may not be a standard size.

 

[Steve_P]

McMaster doesn't even show 5/32 or 4mm; I doubt you'll find anything that small at Ace. You buy them by the "useable" length: underside of head to inside of groove.

 

[KnurledNut]

Well, no luck.
So it got a SS BHCS and locknut. I might try a better solution later, but this will have to do for now.
3/32 hex key, 11/32 socket.
Interestingly, this torque wrench takes a 1" wrench to remove the calibration nut on the handle. Go figure.

 

[Dave455]

Thank-you for the reply Dave. I didn't state that well. By available, I meant the available tooling the lathe owner has.
Its possible I could grind something down, but making it will be last resort, as time is money for me.

BTW, I do have an e-clip assortment, I just need the pin.
I have also considered a chicago screw, but those are likewise hard to find locally.

Ahh, understood!

I do sympathise. As an occasional classic bike restorer, almost any part can be made given enough time, but that’s not always a good use of time.

Your solution looks like it works just fine!

 

[no704]

Looks like a pin that would mount an air cylinder. Have any automation supplies places in town?

 

[whateg01]

I didn't dig very deep but Grainger? You said time is money, but you can spend a lot of time browsing the web and still come up empty. That's a 2 minute job, plus maybe grinding a tool, on the lathe.

 

[The Cobbler]

small pins similar to that on air nailers & staplers . maybe no help really, just an idea of places to look
and I've made clip grooves with a hacksaw blade .

 

[LXCam]

How about a *** bolt and grind down the female side for a perfect fit.

 

[whateg01]

How about a *** bolt and grind down the female side for a perfect fit.

I think that's what op or somebody referred to as a Chicago bolt

 

[LXCam]

I think that's what op or somebody referred to as a Chicago bolt

Well that's one I haven't heard. *** bolt - binding post and barrel ya, but not that

 

[RTM]

small pins similar to that on air nailers & staplers .

That's where if seen that most recently, the trigger in my finishing nailer

How about a *** bolt and grind down the female side for a perfect fit.

Well that's one I haven't heard. *** bolt - binding post and barrel ya, but not that

I had only heard binding post before Joining GJ. The other names were all new to me 5 years ago.