There are always bolt-houses in any sized metropolitan city, names like
Metro Bolt and Screw or House of Threads, etc...
....and another good source for stainless stuff is of course a marine
shop...but watch the prices there - you thought the antenna guys were
excited to see you!
We have had good luck working with the bolt houses...one trick I used was to
have a club purchase of 2" stainless u-bolts - we all got together and
ordered a couple hundred of the 5/16" type - similar to what is used on a
tailtwister rotor...the bolt house subcontracted a fabrication house and
they cranked em out...the per each price including nuts was cheaper than a
low end galvanized u-bolt at the home center stores...and that included me
mailing them to the club members.
And don't forget guys like DX Engineering who bought out the late WA4DRU's
line of u-bolts - the ones with the cast saddles!
Back to plugging the FQP which is only 3 days away... http://www.qsl.net/fqp
:-)
73,
Jim, K4OJ
----- Original Message -----
From: <n4kg@juno.com>
To: <TOWERTALK@CONTESTING.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Buying nuts and bolts [was "Mosley"]
> I second K1IR's suggestion to check your local
> YELLOW PAGES under FASTENERS.
>
> I've found several local listings in Huntsville ALA (pop. 150K+?)
> who would sell small quantities of Stainless Steel and / or
> Galvanized hardware, including U bolts, to individuals.
>
> One supplier even told me if they didn't have it, they could
> order from Chicago and have it a day or two.
>
> Several years ago I checked SS U-bolt prices at Cushcraft,
> Mosley, and other suppliers and found them to all be fairly
> close. SS U-bolts don't come cheap!
>
> Tom N4KG
>
>
>
>
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