Staedtler Drafting Set Spares

[Shaun ChurchillParticipant @shaunchurchill54517]

Can anyone advise me where I might be able to obtain in the UK some spare parts for a Staedtler 553-10 drafting set? Many thanks in anticipation.

[DiogenesParticipant @diogenes]

..er, Staedtler..?

[JohnFParticipant @johnf59703]

I would have thought the first port of call would be Staedtler UK ?

https://www.staedtler.com/uk/en/products/technical-drawing-instruments/

[Speedy Builder5Participant @speedybuilder5]

pencil lead can be retrieved from wooden pencils,  leave the pencil submerged in water for a week and it will split in half.

What spares we talking about, “C” springs, LH/RH swivel nuts, clamp screws ? – difficult to see from your photo as it looks complete.

[Shaun ChurchillParticipant @shaunchurchill54517]

The only part thats missing is a T headed screw that from measurement has a M1.4 thread and is about 8mm in overall length. I dont have any dies of that size and pretty certain my Tos Mn80 instrument lathe wont screw cut down to the pitch so hence I asked the question on here as no spares forthcoming from Staedtler UK. I had looked at getting a M1.4 screw and grinding the T shaped head with my punch grinding indexer. Looks like this is the best option.

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