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  1. 10-04-2007, 12:37 PM #1
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    Machining something really small, really cheap? Canada?

    If I needed, say, a 1mm square piece of metal a few inches long, how easy is that to machine?

    Basically I need a Robertson Square screwdriver. Which is ubiquitous in Canada, but not here in the US.

    They come in standard sizes, #00 being the smallest.

    however, I can not find a single place that sells #00, only #0 sizes.

    Since the screwdriver would basically be just 1mm x 1mm x 5 inches or something, how difficult would it be to just machine from a larger square stock?
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  2. 10-04-2007, 05:38 PM #2
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    well im guessing you want tool steel, so its going to be expensive.

    how about this?

    http://www.mcmaster.com/itm/find.ASP...string=2634T14

    and then you can cut it to roughly the correct amount, and then finish sand it.

    i looked around for 00 robertson, cant find anything either.
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  3. 10-05-2007, 01:14 AM #3
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    I don't think I've ever seen a robertson screw or driver as small as that. Maybe you could contact the robertson company ask what retailers are selling the #00 driver. http://www.robertsonscrew.com/
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    I looked a bit more into it. the #00 is still too large.

    1mm x 1mm is probably a proprietary size.


    I dont know if I need high class metal to make it, seeing as how its so small and under little stress from the nature of the slot.
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  5. 10-08-2007, 08:26 PM #5
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    Have you found your screw driver yet. Would take much. Just take a 00 driver bit and mount it on an indexing fixture and five minutes of grinding time. Any machine grinding shop can do this simple operation.
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    some folks in the states call the square recess...but 1mm is propriotary...try getting a small flat head in there.(corner to corner)...at that size it should work free.
    i'd send you whatever you need from here in toronto...just say the word
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  7. 12-06-2007, 12:01 AM #7
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    Check with a really good Klien tools retailer... this sounds like the yellow dot robertson that many old telephone construction guys had in their tool belts. In the tel/elect trade it would have been a #4 (i think that is 0 in other schemes)

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