Thanks Peter. That's one of the reasons why I posted this thread - I'm always open to helpful suggestions, & someone, (you), has just told me a better way of making them! I'm with you & I'll do it that way in future. In fact, I know I'll need a few more of these components in the fullness of time, so I may run off ten or a dozen. It'll be much quicker & easier now you've suggested how.

As an aside, & I know Peter has spoken highly of them in the past, & I have always found them very good too, but I can't sing the praises of Tracy Tools, down in Dartmouth, too much. They always seem to have what you need, & when I ordered the 1/4" x 40 TPI Model Engineers die for making these screws on Friday afternoon at about 4.30pm I never dreamt a jiffy bag containing the die would land on my front door mat by 10am the next morning. Incredible service. I just don't know how they did it that quickly! If you need drills, taps, dies & so on I'd thoroughly recommend them. Their web site is easily found if you google their name.
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