where would you use 10-24 bolt/thread. common uses

[Acuratechva]

So i ordered a metric 14x1.5 tap and got 10-24NC instead. Amazon said keep the junk dont even send it back.


I ask myself, where would i even find threads like that? Is it even worth the space it takes up?

 

[lutter94]

standard machine screw. Is 10-32 really more common than 10-24?

 

[kythri]

standard machine screw. Is 10-32 really more common than 10-24?

I see 12-24 and 10-32 rather often. Don't think I've seen 10-24, personally.

 

[Frank Dukes]

i had some just a month or two ago in my bed frame that i had to reinforce.

 

[four.cycle]

I run into them far too often. Old mowers. Old machines.

 

[Acuratechva]

Sounds like its going to sit in my box for years and years lol

I run into them far too often. Old mowers. Old machines.

So i am guessing this is the equivalent of 6x1.0 metric typical bolt(one with 10mm head) but in standard?

i had some just a month or two ago in my bed frame that i had to reinforce.

That made me giggle a little. Dont forget the headboard too

 

[Nowater]

It is not that uncommon in electrical use,

 

[jmarkwolf]

One's fine thread, one's coarse thread.

Common enough I think.

 

[DHCrocks]

I use 10-24 all the time when making up small stuff like brackets or mounts for small items. 10-24 is more common then 10-32.

I don't think I've seen it very often in manufactured things, but if you want to mount something small its a good size to have.

 

[3rdgen]

Stove plugs are held on with 10-24 I'm pretty sure

 

[jeeper46]

Get an old Ford Model A and a Model T. You'll use that tap

 

[fatfillup]

Common enough that I would keep it.

 

[gorilla]

Preferred thread for aluminum.

 

[mrjaw14]

rack screws in A/V and IT networking

 

[6PTsocket]

People work on different things and see different sizes. If you work on watches you probably don't see a lot of 1/2-20. If you work on newer cars you see little imperial (inch) thread. I just used 10-24 on an old Sears jointer. You must be really tight for storage space if you have a tap that you got for free and are concerned what you will use it for and are considering chucking it if you can't think of something. Many people buy sets with sizes they will never use.

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[mbshop]

I have call for both. So it won't hurt to have it around. And the first time you need it you will be thanking amazon for their mistake.

 

[bob15]

Use it all the time.

It is all of 3" long with an OD of about about a 1/4" and it takes up too much space?

 

[xela456]

Door hardware
Nuff said.
That being said if you don't want it you can send it to me

 

[Yarpo]

We use 10-24 all the time on firetrucks

 

[WittHay]

Its a common machine screw size used for mounting lights and reflectors to semi-trailers and truck bodies.

 

[Jawn]

rack screws in A/V and IT networking

I usually see 10-32 for that, not 10-24. I wouldn't be surprised if somebody makes the hardware for it for rack stuff though.

 

[bwringer]

I'm wondering how the hell someone mixed up that little bitty tap with the great big one you ordered.

 

[lbhsbz]

I find it odd that questions like this pop up...

Answer, you'd use it where it fits. I have a level of hatred for joints that use an unnecessary nut on the backside when a threaded part will serve the same purpose just as well. Unless absolutely necessary, I'll tap the mating part to avoid a nut. Buy a box of Long screws, cut to length accordingly.

 

[four.cycle]

same way the guy at McDonalds (in another thread) served "Hi-C" instead of "iced tea".
it ain't hard to get an order really screwed up when you're picking parts as fast as you can to fill orders and get them shipped out.

 

[Wamsutta]

10-24 is real common on Briggs & Stratton. Valve cover screws.

 

[pstemari]

Also on US made machinery. 10-24 is super common, and 10-32 isn't far behind. For some reason #10 is the one machine screw size where UNF is almost as common as UNC.

Closest metric equivalent is an M5.

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[6PTsocket]

Use it all the time.

It is all of 3" long with an OD of about about a 1/4" and it takes up too much space?

+1

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[Ign]

I found this interesting.....I've always considered 10-24 VERY oddball but that's just from a perspective of schooling where prints called out a 10-32 if a #10 was used.

As a result I keep a small arsenal of 10-32 fasteners at all times - button head, cap head, screws, set screws, stainless, tamper proof and more - and have a tap wrench that just stays loaded up w a 10-32 tap. Whenever I build small widgets, kanooters, thingamajigs where 1/4" is too big or too coarse I use 10-32. I've also got a stockpile of #21 drills - jobber, screw machine & even parabolic.

 

[mikegt4]

So i ordered a metric 14x1.5 tap and got 10-24NC instead. Amazon said keep the junk dont even send it back.


I ask myself, where would i even find threads like that? Is it even worth the space it takes up?

Just how much space does a 10-24 tap take up?

I have tons of 10-24 machine screws. I use them for small sailboat hardware. Not the most common size but like ALL tools, worth keeping.

I have some taps from my Dad that are #00 and #000 wire gage size (.035"), he used them for his model railroad. I will never use them but I still keep them.

 

[bsaint]

I always thought the designing rule of thumb is 10-24 for steels and 10-32 for soft metals like aluminum and brass. Makes sense. But in the real world, I see a lot of 10-32 in everything. Maybe because we make fixtures from both aluminum and steel and its easier not to stock both sizes.

 

[bsaint]

I usually see 10-32 for that, not 10-24. I wouldn't be surprised if somebody makes the hardware for it for rack stuff though.

Us too. At least on Hammond stuff.

 

[Dirtydan69]

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. As someone else said, how much room does it take up.

 

[maintguy]

I see it a loton oolder industrial machines

 

[Ign]

Hell, just this morning I went to pull a pallet out of my truck and decided that I need to anchor the plastic tailgate cap better. Out came a #21, dedicated tap wrench and a phillips head machine screw in 10-32. (I didn't have any suitable low profile head sheetmetal screws, only self-drillers w a 5/16" hex head = too tall when installed)

 

[66HertzClone]

My nutserts kit included a 10 x 24 assembly tool but not a 10 x 32, so I use it a lot when making brackets and such while working on my Mustang. I installed an AAW wiring harness and used nutserts to fasten the fuse box to the firewall, extended the bolt through the nutserts enough to cap it with a acorn nut against the firewall.

 

[bmk]

I'll use 10-24 a lot in alum. and Delran fixturing. More meat per thread. In my book, less chance of stripping threads.