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looking to buy a piece of brass screen or substitute mm 10-27-2006
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Posted by mm on October 27, 2006, 11:59 pm


I'm looking to buy a small piece of brass screen. Like the screen in
a kitchen faucet aerator except a little bigger. Say 1 inch by 1 inch
or 1 x 1.5. Although I would gladly buy a piece twice as big, to have
for a spare, or even bigger. Where do you think I coudl find this for
sale?**

**They don't have it at Pep Boys, NAPA auto parts, Home Depot, R.E.
Michel and according to the internet, Lowes. Nor did the plumbing
supply house I called have it, and he volunteered that he couldn't
think of a place to recommend. I'd have called more places but it was
5PM on Friday.

I need this to make a replacement for the screen that is meant to keep
rust pieces from entering the petcock on my '69 Honda CB450
motorcycle. I think it would be easy enough to sew, with copper wire,
the screen into a tube closed on one end, and then glue that to the
reserve intake hole.

So this is meant to be immersed in gasoline almost all the time,
except when I'm down to the last half gallon in the tank, when it will
be exposed to the air.

Is brass screen the only thing that would work?

If I can't find brass, what about steel screen?? I think I found a
screen, maybe with holes a little bit too big, but pretty good, that
was meant to be inserted in a sink to keep crud from going down the
drain. It was 3 or 4 dollars and I could take it apart.

What about aluminum screen?? Again, the holes are a little too big,
but it would be verrry easy to get. Will it dissolve in gasoline
after a couple years? I can't think of any part of any other fuel
system that is made out of aluminum.


I looked under "metals" in YP.yahoo.com and found a bunch of companies
with good names, but no easy way to tell who had brass and who had
screening, and if anyone had brass screen.

What about fireplace screens? Is the screen part made out of brass,
or only the fame, and if it is, are there any with small holes?
(There is a real big fireplace store here that probably has parts of
old screens around.)

Remove NOPSAM to email me..

Posted by Tony Hwang on October 28, 2006, 12:23 am


mm wrote:
> I'm looking to buy a small piece of brass screen. Like the screen in
> a kitchen faucet aerator except a little bigger. Say 1 inch by 1 inch
> or 1 x 1.5. Although I would gladly buy a piece twice as big, to have
> for a spare, or even bigger. Where do you think I coudl find this for
> sale?**
>
> **They don't have it at Pep Boys, NAPA auto parts, Home Depot, R.E.
> Michel and according to the internet, Lowes. Nor did the plumbing
> supply house I called have it, and he volunteered that he couldn't
> think of a place to recommend. I'd have called more places but it was
> 5PM on Friday.
>
> I need this to make a replacement for the screen that is meant to keep
> rust pieces from entering the petcock on my '69 Honda CB450
> motorcycle. I think it would be easy enough to sew, with copper wire,
> the screen into a tube closed on one end, and then glue that to the
> reserve intake hole.
>
> So this is meant to be immersed in gasoline almost all the time,
> except when I'm down to the last half gallon in the tank, when it will
> be exposed to the air.
>
> Is brass screen the only thing that would work?
>
> If I can't find brass, what about steel screen?? I think I found a
> screen, maybe with holes a little bit too big, but pretty good, that
> was meant to be inserted in a sink to keep crud from going down the
> drain. It was 3 or 4 dollars and I could take it apart.
>
> What about aluminum screen?? Again, the holes are a little too big,
> but it would be verrry easy to get. Will it dissolve in gasoline
> after a couple years? I can't think of any part of any other fuel
> system that is made out of aluminum.
>
>
> I looked under "metals" in YP.yahoo.com and found a bunch of companies
> with good names, but no easy way to tell who had brass and who had
> screening, and if anyone had brass screen.
>
> What about fireplace screens? Is the screen part made out of brass,
> or only the fame, and if it is, are there any with small holes?
> (There is a real big fireplace store here that probably has parts of
> old screens around.)
>
> Remove NOPSAM to email me..
Hi,
Tried any hobby shop? Like model airplane, RC cars, rail road?
Or glass/window shop?

Posted by patrick on October 28, 2006, 12:57 am



mm wrote:
> I'm looking to buy a small piece of brass screen. Like the screen in
> a kitchen faucet aerator except a little bigger. Say 1 inch by 1 inch
> or 1 x 1.5. Although I would gladly buy a piece twice as big, to have
> for a spare, or even bigger. Where do you think I coudl find this for
> sale?**
Mcmaster Carr under "woven wire cloth" - stainless discs- 55 thou
weave- 6 dollars part #9317T115 Pat


Posted by nospam on October 28, 2006, 1:23 am


Hobby store
Model railroad store
Model ship store

> I'm looking to buy a small piece of brass screen. Like the screen in
> a kitchen faucet aerator except a little bigger. Say 1 inch by 1 inch
> or 1 x 1.5. Although I would gladly buy a piece twice as big, to have
> for a spare, or even bigger. Where do you think I coudl find this for
> sale?**
>
> **They don't have it at Pep Boys, NAPA auto parts, Home Depot, R.E.
> Michel and according to the internet, Lowes. Nor did the plumbing
> supply house I called have it, and he volunteered that he couldn't
> think of a place to recommend. I'd have called more places but it was
> 5PM on Friday.
>
> I need this to make a replacement for the screen that is meant to keep
> rust pieces from entering the petcock on my '69 Honda CB450
> motorcycle. I think it would be easy enough to sew, with copper wire,
> the screen into a tube closed on one end, and then glue that to the
> reserve intake hole.
>
> So this is meant to be immersed in gasoline almost all the time,
> except when I'm down to the last half gallon in the tank, when it will
> be exposed to the air.
>
> Is brass screen the only thing that would work?
>
> If I can't find brass, what about steel screen?? I think I found a
> screen, maybe with holes a little bit too big, but pretty good, that
> was meant to be inserted in a sink to keep crud from going down the
> drain. It was 3 or 4 dollars and I could take it apart.
>
> What about aluminum screen?? Again, the holes are a little too big,
> but it would be verrry easy to get. Will it dissolve in gasoline
> after a couple years? I can't think of any part of any other fuel
> system that is made out of aluminum.
>
>
> I looked under "metals" in YP.yahoo.com and found a bunch of companies
> with good names, but no easy way to tell who had brass and who had
> screening, and if anyone had brass screen.
>
> What about fireplace screens? Is the screen part made out of brass,
> or only the fame, and if it is, are there any with small holes?
> (There is a real big fireplace store here that probably has parts of
> old screens around.)
>
> Remove NOPSAM to email me..



Posted by Richard J Kinch on October 28, 2006, 2:36 am


mm writes:

> Where do you think I coudl find this for
> sale?

mscdirect.com
mcmaster.com

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