Comments on: Finds: Hardware Starter Kits http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/30/finds-hardware-starter-kits/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:15:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: jm http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/30/finds-hardware-starter-kits/#comment-10908 jm Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:38:46 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/30/finds-hardware-starter-kits/#comment-10908 McMaster's NJ location is a one day UPS ground shipment away from my shop, so that's where I turn. A box of screws is expensed to a project and the leftovers go into my own "Home Depot" wall of drawers. The design firm I was at had 20 years' worth of this accumulation, their Home Depot was a walk-in closet in the shop. Still we were always ordering new stuff... one or two pieces is easy (with a little trimming to length) but you might not find 60 of the right size & finish, etc. McMaster’s NJ location is a one day UPS ground shipment away from my shop, so that’s where I turn. A box of screws is expensed to a project and the leftovers go into my own “Home Depot” wall of drawers. The design firm I was at had 20 years’ worth of this accumulation, their Home Depot was a walk-in closet in the shop. Still we were always ordering new stuff… one or two pieces is easy (with a little trimming to length) but you might not find 60 of the right size & finish, etc.

]]> By: Nick Carter http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/30/finds-hardware-starter-kits/#comment-10413 Nick Carter Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:36:27 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/30/finds-hardware-starter-kits/#comment-10413 I find yard sales and estate sales are great for augmenting the hardware collection, and I have really scored at industrial auctions - sometimes you can get a whole steel drawer unit full of bolts, screws, what have you for much less than buying new. The great advantage is that my carport is in no danger of blowing away in a windstorm due to the tons of fasteners holding down the floor. I find yard sales and estate sales are great for augmenting the hardware collection, and I have really scored at industrial auctions - sometimes you can get a whole steel drawer unit full of bolts, screws, what have you for much less than buying new. The great advantage is that my carport is in no danger of blowing away in a windstorm due to the tons of fasteners holding down the floor.

]]> By: Myself http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/30/finds-hardware-starter-kits/#comment-10393 Myself Sat, 30 Dec 2006 20:38:25 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/30/finds-hardware-starter-kits/#comment-10393 Chances are, the really interesting stuff won't be in the kits either. Even the aisle-of-hardware at my local Ace only had a pretty-close match for the screws I wanted last week. (All they had was straightblade stainless bare, and I need philips black-oxide with captive washers, to be an exact replacement.) The aisle of hardware is done by Hillman, so I checked out their site. Unfortunately they don't sell by the piece, they're set up to supply hardware stores with "retail feet" of display. McMaster-Carr was my next stop, but their metric selection is anemic, particularly in small (M2, M2.5) diameters. If there were a hardware starter kit for laptop disassemblers, I'd have one by now. :) Chances are, the really interesting stuff won’t be in the kits either. Even the aisle-of-hardware at my local Ace only had a pretty-close match for the screws I wanted last week. (All they had was straightblade stainless bare, and I need philips black-oxide with captive washers, to be an exact replacement.)

The aisle of hardware is done by Hillman, so I checked out their site. Unfortunately they don’t sell by the piece, they’re set up to supply hardware stores with “retail feet” of display. McMaster-Carr was my next stop, but their metric selection is anemic, particularly in small (M2, M2.5) diameters.

If there were a hardware starter kit for laptop disassemblers, I’d have one by now. :)

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