still need brass insert with flange for tripod

[David A. Goldfarb]

That McMaster site is dangerous.

I went over there looking to replace two metric sized knobs with threaded studs (one from a tripod head and one from my studio stand), and as long as I was making an order and paying shipping, I thought I'd replace the knobs that I've never really liked on my 8x10" Gowland, and since there's a 10% discount if you buy 10 or more, and what the heck I can use knobs with 1/4"-20 studs for all kinds of things, and by the time I was done, I had placed an order for 22 knobs.

If they sell mountable spirit levels, I don't want to know.

[Robert McClure]

Mark Anderson,
Looks like many of we (LF) photographic folk may come from dysfunctional families-of-origin. Welcome aboard!

David Goldfarb,
You may suffer from the (not commonly known) symptoms of IPR (Increased Purchase Rationalization Syndrome). The essential features of the disorder are that the patient (purchaser)
begins a roller-coaster emotional experience that begins with the rational thinking of, "I only need what I first thought I needed." This thinking quickly deteriorates to the insidious "might as well," or "as long as I'm at it," or your own "what the heck?" rationalizations. In my own case, as the "purging" subtype, I would become nauseated when my credit card statement arrived in the mail.