Do it Yourself: [DIY] Re: tripod screw...try these?

14 October 2012

[DIY] Re: tripod screw...try these?

If I undertand the issue...hard to imagine without a pic...
But some screws I found are only threaded 1/2 way on their shaft.
The other part of the shaft is "plain". So when it is screwed
into a retainer plate, for example, the thread goes all the way
"in" then the screw sort of rattles around loose and seems
unable to be removed...

Thus, try lining up the screw and unthreading until it
catches on the plate threads and it should come out...
Wish I had a pic, I had a tripod like that and all three
retaining screws were held into the mounting plate
like that (tripod is for a telescope)..If I got the issue
wrong delete is just one click away! LOL

Rich

--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "jmr1290" <jomarex@...> wrote:
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> Thanks, y'all!
> I just can't imagine a good, neat way to keep it from falling out. The plate of this tripod just has a plain slot for the screw. I tried to get the screw out of one of my other tripods and just ended up breaking little plastic tabs holding the plastic pad onto the plate.... Couldn't even get the screw out. (how is it held in there?)
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> And it's not quick-release. I seem to have latched onto this because it's something I need to figure out. I figured out how to build a house, but I can't figure out how to put a new screw in a tripod....
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> Joy
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> --- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Chmelik" <Chmelik@> wrote:
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> > http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=camera+tripod+screw
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> > http://www.amazon.com/D-ring-Screw-4-Inch-Camera-Stainless/dp/B006GB5MDW
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> > http://www.quadrocopter.com/Tripod-Camera-Mount-Screw-Aluminum_p_250.html
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> > From: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com]
> > On Behalf Of Joy Rex
> > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 2:00 PM
> > To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [DIY] tripod screw
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> > Websearch isn't doing any good. I have acquired an old Sunset GD-3000
> > tripod. Think I might like it better than the other ones I have, but it's
> > missing the camera-mount screw.
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> > Any idea where I might get one, or what I could get at the hardware store to
> > rig it up? Apparently there are no more camera stores left around here...
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> > Joy
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