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Re: Determining screw/thread size

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Originally Posted by sciguy125
Why not get a bunch of nuts of known size and find the one that fits?
Mostly because nuts of several different sizes and/or thread pitches can be made to go on a given bolt, but only one of them will hold properly in practice. There are also screws with no matching nut.