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    Looking for info on grades or classes of SS bolts

    Paskenell, the bolts that are in question have S30400 on the head along with the letters THE. There are no other markings on the heads. These are 5/16-18 bolts. Can you tell me anything more about them? Thank you.
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    Looking for info on grades or classes of SS bolts

    I have found in Machinery's Handbook a chart that gives me good information about grade identification marks and mechanical properties of bolts and screws. This is good information for steels. Is there any similar info available for stainless steel bolts? We are having problems with some ss...
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    Shock mounting IDE hard drives in automobile application

    Thanks for the suggestion. Sorbothane works great for protecting LCD displays. It makes sense that it could help with isolating disk drives too.
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    Mounting LCD display to provide swivel and tilt

    That may work. It is not quite what I envisioned, but the size and function look promising. I will contact the company for more information. Thanks for the help.
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    Mounting LCD display to provide swivel and tilt

    Those are helpful links that do show swivel/tilt mounting of devices. I am likely to have upcoming applications that could benefit from them. In this instance though, I am looking for something small that can attach a small LCD module to a product console. Something along the lines of how the...
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    Shock mounting IDE hard drives in automobile application

    I need to mount two IDE drives in an automobile application. The goal is to prevent drive damage from shock and vibration caused by auto contact with potholes, curbing, etc. I was looking at EAR brand mounting devices. These are glorified grommets that can mount easily in sheet metal brackets...
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    Mounting LCD display to provide swivel and tilt

    I have an application where I need to mount a graphics LCD module (approx 5" x 6" x 1"). I would like it to be able to swivel/rotate 90 degrees left and 90 degrees right. I also would like to allow it to be tilted at least 60 degrees. What is the best approach to accomplish this?

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