Captive thumbscrews?

[SOCOM_HERO]

Is it possible to buy captive thumbscrews that would fit most side panels? I am spoiled from owning a Fractal design case with captive thumbscrews for its side panels, but my new case doesn't come with captive ones. It is minorly annoying having to make sure I don't drop the screws when I undo the panels. Case I'm looking to install these screws in is a Phanteks Enthoo Pro M.

[rodrosenberg]

A normal captive screw is just a whole smaller then the threads and the normal thumb screw just screws into the hole. If the whole is already bigger then the threads its much harder CaseLabs presses in a spring loaded captive screw for stuff like a motherboard tray on a SM8 and other examples I've seen are a star washer sized to thread on to hold the screw or a small plastic tab like you see on electrical outlets. 

 

 

[W-L]

On 11/8/2017 at 3:21 PM, SOCOM_HERO said:

Is it possible to buy captive thumbscrews that would fit most side panels? I am spoiled from owning a Fractal design case with captive thumbscrews for its side panels, but my new case doesn't come with captive ones. It is minorly annoying having to make sure I don't drop the screws when I undo the panels. Case I'm looking to install these screws in is a Phanteks Enthoo Pro M.

As Rod suggested you can get E clips as long as there is enough shank on the thumb screw it should be able to captively hold it. 

https://www.fastenal.com/products;jsessionid=9GI5Ryhky9CWaDxHyjQfr49A.38536438-9c19-3947-9017-bf77ad0514fd?r=~|categoryl1:"600000 Fasteners"|~ ~|categoryl2:"600135 Retaining Rings and Clips"|~ ~|categoryl3:"600137 E-Clips"|~

 

They do make PEM style thumb screws which are permanently fastened into the panel itself but those require special machines to install.