Specials · Non-Standard · Obsolete Drawings

If It's on Your Drawing,
We Can Quote It.

Non-standard nickel aluminium bronze and aluminium silicon bronze fasteners, made to your drawing or specification. One-offs, prototype quantities, odd lengths, unusual threads, special heads and drawings nobody else will look at. Upload it and we'll come back within 24 hours.

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The Awkward Ones

Standard catalogue fasteners are the easy part. This page is for the requirements that don't fit a catalogue.

Non-standard lengths

Any length between standard sizes, or beyond them. Long bolts, short studs, custom thread lengths. If the drawing gives a dimension, that's what you get.

Unusual threads

UNC, UNF, BSW, BSF, left-hand, fine pitch, multi-start, partial thread to a specified length. Metric and imperial in the same order if needed.

Special head dimensions

Reduced or oversize hex, thin heads, flanged, countersunk to a specific angle, drilled for wire locking, custom socket recesses. Drawn heads are machined to your dimensions.

Obsolete and legacy naval drawings

Old Admiralty and DGS-era drawings, hand-drawn prints, superseded part numbers, spec references no longer in print. If the drawing exists, we can work from it.

Small and prototype quantities

One off. Two off. A dozen for trials. No minimum order, and no charge for asking. Small batches are the normal case for us, not an exception.

Matched sets and assemblies

Bolt, nut and washer sets to the same material and cert pack. Studs with matched nuts. Kits against a parts list.

Got a drawing, spec or parts list?

Upload it and we'll quote within 24 hours. No minimum order quantity.

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Process

Drawing to Delivery

01

Send the drawing

Upload it below — PDF, DWG, DXF, STEP, or a photo of the print. Add the spec, quantity and any certification the drawing calls for.

02

Quote within 24 hours

We review the drawing, confirm the material and heat treatment route, and come back with a price and lead time. If anything on the drawing is ambiguous, we'll ask rather than guess.

03

Made to the drawing

Machined from certified NAB or SAB bar by UK subcontract machinists working to our purchase specification. Manufactured to the DEF STAN 02-862 Part 2 route where the drawing requires it, with heat treatment and stress relief records.

04

Delivered with the paperwork

Material test certificate, heat treatment records where applicable, and a signed conformance declaration. Dimensional inspection report to the drawing on request.

Enquiry checklist

What Makes a Fast Quote

We can quote from a sketch on a napkin, but the more of this you send, the faster and firmer the quote.

Documentation

Specials Get the Same Paperwork as Standards

Making to drawing doesn't mean lighter traceability. Every made-to-drawing order ships with:

Material test certificate — chemistry and mechanicals, traceable to the bar heat

Heat treatment and stress relief records where the DEF STAN 02-862 Part 2 route is specified (Para 8.2.4 NAB, Para 8.2.5 SAB)

Dimensional inspection report against the drawing, on request

Signed conformance declaration referencing your drawing number and revision

Recent work

Three Recent Jobs

Anonymised, but real. Customer names withheld under confidentiality.

Shouldered stud to drawing — two off, quoted within the hour

Tier-one naval prime, Portsmouth surface ship refit. RFQ received mid-morning with a same-day deadline. Two off M24 × 240 NAB studs to a customer drawing: shouldered, specified clearance and bush diameters, etched with part number. Material to DEF STAN 02-833 Part 2, manufacture and post-machining to 02-862 Part 2 Para 8.2.4. Quoted 39 minutes after the RFQ arrived, with material cert, heat treatment cert and CoC. Order placed five days later.

Quarterly parts list from a valve OEM — 45 lines, next-day quote

Marine valve manufacturer, West Midlands. A spreadsheet of 45 lines covering NAB and SAB eye bolts and security bolts to the customer's own drawings, bleed screws, nyloc nuts to DEF STAN 02-834, grub screws to NES 834, socket caps in DEF STAN 02-879 material, plus stainless spindles and circlips — each line with its own certification requirement, mostly EN 10204 3.1 with heat numbers etched on the part. Full line-by-line quote returned the next working day, in the customer's own order, with the handful of items needing a drawing flagged rather than guessed.

SAB bolt, nut and washer sets to BS 3692 — one-day RFQ

Same naval prime, a later RFQ. Twelve lines of aluminium silicon bronze hex bolts, hex set screws, nuts and washers, M4 to M12, called up as "AL SI BRZ BS 3692" with material to DEF STAN 02-834 Part 2 and Manufacture & Post Machining to 02-862 Part 2 Para 8.2.5. Quotation deadline was the following day. Quoted the same afternoon; purchase order received with CoC, traceability and REACH conditions, all met as standard.

What's in every quote

The Answers Before You Ask

Every quotation we issue states, as standard:

If your RFQ template asks for something not on that list, tell us and we'll add it.

FAQ

Made to Drawing — Common Questions

Can you work from an old or hand-drawn naval drawing? +
Yes. Legacy Royal Navy and DGS-era drawings, scanned prints and superseded part numbers are common in refit work. Send what you have — if a referenced spec is obsolete, we'll identify the current equivalent and confirm it with you before quoting.
What's the minimum quantity for a made-to-drawing fastener? +
One. There's no minimum order. Small quantities are the normal case for specials.
How long does a made-to-drawing order take? +
It depends on the size, the material and whether heat treatment is required, so we give a lead time on every quote rather than a blanket figure.
Can you supply to a drawing that references NES 833 or NES 834? +
Yes. NES 833 is nickel aluminium bronze and NES 834 is aluminium silicon bronze. We supply to both, and to their DEF STAN successors: 02-833 Part 2 for NAB; 02-834 Pt 2 (superseded by 02-879 Pt 2 Annex D, Sept 2011) for SAB.
What file formats can I upload? +
PDF, DWG, DXF, STEP, images (photos of a print are fine), Excel, Word or a ZIP of several files. Up to 10 MB — anything larger, email it to sales@nab-sab-fasteners.co.uk.
Do you charge for quoting? +
No.

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Drop the drawing here with the spec, quantity and certification you need. We'll come back within 24 hours with a price and lead time — or a question, if the drawing needs one.

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