Screw size on Calumet C-1

[David de Gruyl]

My Calumet C-1 (that's the 8x10 folding camera) has lost the screw for one of the ground glass retaining clips. I found the clip, but am not sure what size screw I'd need. (or, for that matter, where to get one).

Any chance these are standard screws? If not, are the clips & screws available as replacement parts?

Right this moment, it is still usable, but I'd like to get that clip back in.

[GhoSStrider]

I just picked up some of these to fashion some retainers for my new C-1. The screws are 0-80 (which took me a couple of hardware store visits to find). The third store I went to finally had them, but they were an inch long. I just cut them down and they worked fine.

I called Jose at Calumet, and he said they had a couple of the left hand retainers but no right hand ones. That statement confused me a bit, because it seems like they'd all be the same. I just resolved to make my own retainers and not worry about it too much.

Best of luck finding those tiny screws!

[John Koehrer]

0-80 screws= hobby shop that carries trains or cars.
McMaster-Carr.

[David de Gruyl]

Thanks a bunch.