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Good tip for shortening screws. I do a similar routine, but with one minor difference. I try to use a higher grade of steel nut than the screw/bolt is made of, and unless there is a specific reason, I try to stick with a high strength carbon steel nut when I shorten stainless steel screws and bolts. as this helps to avoid galling and the male threads always look sharp (pun intended).
That is fine for the limited number of screws it will handle. Not so good if you have anything else. I have three or four of those, from several different makers, and some picked up overseas, and none of them do anything but 4-40, 6-32, 8-32, 10-24 & 10-32. In the past year, and I've not gotten all that much time in my shop in this time, I've also run into 8-36, and 1/4-25, and several smaller metric screws, plus some more microscope screw holes I've not managed to figure out yet. Anyone working on antique American or Japanese sewing machines, for example, will need a bunch more, too. Retro's method will work for anything you have or can make a nut for.
Bill
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