Trying to get from tribal knowledge to actually formalizing a document on abbreviation conventions for fasteners... (this goes hand in hand with my post on part numbering... etc...
such as....

BHCS--Button Head Cap Screw
SHCS--Socket Head Cap Screw

if anyone can point me in the direction for a listing that would be helpful.

 

post

http://www.all-acronyms.com/
try this sight it has some

 

Good idea, but I will do it only for the main ones, like Cap screws, pan head screws and counter sunk screws. It might pay to assign a particular letter for each feature and having a particular sequence they are listed.

 

You might want to look at Genium Publishing ... this is a huge book of drafting/engineering standards that should be pretty helpful. Or you may want to look at ASME Y14.38 Abbreviations & Acronyms.

 

Not a definitive source, but here are a couple of starters if you want to create your own:

http://www.boltdepot.com/fastener-information/Abbreviations.aspx
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=135685