I won't buy any kind of fastener made in China. They vary from between mediocre to so utterly useless that they seem like an alloy of butter and old chewing gum wrappers. I've had mountains of experience with fasteners, and have sold an amazing variety too for all kinds of professional applications.
Bolt mfg is hard to know
I tested bolts for years professionally
Primarily the new stretch to angle bolts, which have become common, in automotive
We used 3 MTS 100K Load Frames to stretch to failure, meaning, they broke with a loud snap, ww needed safety protocols, ignore them and die
We did accurate and repeatable test runs, of load and stretch. On all new suppliers
Also used a MTS Rock, Concrete 1,000K huge machine, hidden inside an old building on Northwestern Evanston Campus
That thing was hard to find before Internet
Tin Can
Audii - with experience, it's pretty darn easy to spot the outsourced stuff. All kinds of symptoms both on the item appearance and its packaging, as well as by mode of distribution. Of course, if it breaks or strips in two seconds, that's another clue. But strictly dealing with reputable distributors is an even easier route. Real industrial suppliers aren't going to risk their reputation on any tom-foolery.
All of what you wrote is true, to be sure.
But as a practical matter, it's also irrelevant when one is buying a handful of M1.6 or M2 screws at retail or sight unseen online.
The best one can do is buy a few extras, just in case, inspect them carefully before use, then cross one's fingers. <shrug>
seriously? all this concern over a tiny camera screw that has nearly no load, has to meet gov spec? its not a space mission camera... its a 60 year old junkyard fixer upper camera tc is repairing.
hahaha try reading " made in china" on that tiny screw?
boy, you guys complicate the hell out of everything..
I don't think that is something to order online. Take your camera to the nearest shop and they should have the solution.
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