BS 57:1951
Current
The latest, up-to-date edition.
Hardcopy , PDF
English
31-03-1951
Co-operating organizations
Foreword
Specification
Section one: Screws, bolts and nuts
1 Scope
2 Method of manufacture
3 Material
4 Dimensions
5 Length of screws and bolts
6 Ends of screws and bolts
7 Screw threads
8 Length of thread on screws and bolts
9 Chamfering and washer-facing
Tables
1 Cheese head screws
2 Round head screws
3 Countersunk head screws
4 Raised-countersunk (instrument) head screws
5 Hexagonal headed screws and bolts
6 Hexagonal ordinary (or full) and thin (or lock) nuts
7 Lengths of steel and brass cheese and countersunk
head B.A. screws (screwed to head)
8 Lengths of steel and brass round head B.A. screws
(screwed to head)
9 Lengths of steel and brass raised-countersunk
(instrument) head B.A. screws (screwed to head)
10 Lengths of steel hexagonal head B.A. screws (screwed
to head) and bolts (2 B.A. only)
Appendices
Appendix A: Special types of screw not normally stocked:
Table 13. Raised cheese (fillister) head screws
Table 14. Connection head screws
Appendix B: Approximate proportions
Appendix C: Metric slot widths:
Table 15. Slot widths
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