[TowerTalk] Stainless Steel and Other Hard To Find Fasteners

[charlie carroll]

For small and large quantities, check out boltdepot.com in Boston area. 
I've used them in the past for small quantities.

73 charlie, k1xx

On 7/9/2016 3:38 PM, Don W7WLL wrote:
> MSCdirect for the 10-24 (303 or 18-8) coupling nut was $5.52 ea vs $1.02 for Albany (304). Shipping cost was not determined since I had to register and I didn’t desire to do that, but a 4 bucks a unit higher cost (I needed 4) that was some $17.20 difference!!!!.
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> McMaster for the 10-24 (316) coupling nut was $7.72 ea vs $1.02 for Albany (304). Shipping was $2 more than Albany. Part savings alone for 4 ea would be $26.40!!!!!
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> THOSE are significant differences for SS (where type is not important for the project at hand).
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> I would guess the costs are higher at the two big houses because of the massive inventories of other types of items they carry which must be covered as well.
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> But, they are reliable and known sources, along with Bolt Depot (3 bucks per unit higher) and other good sources.
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> Pays to shop albeit I admit one needs to consider all the facts and that the cheapest price does not always mean the best deal.
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> Don W7WLL
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> From: Jim Miller 
> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 12:09 PM
> To: Don W7WLL 
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Stainless Steel and Other Hard To Find Fasteners
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> other good sources in general:
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> MSCdirect.com
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> mcmaster.com
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> On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Don W7WLL <w7wll at arrl.net> wrote:
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>   Was looking for a source for some SS 8-32 and 10-24 coupling nuts. Searched the internet and  ran across a place back east (from me) which I’d not heard of, Albany County Fasterners. They had an very interesting selection of SS fasteners among other types of materials. Also have a line of brass and silicon bronze and a line of security fasteners which are hard to find out here.
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>   Compared the cost of the items and the shipping cost and found them to be better than I could find at other well known fastener houses.
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>   Placed the order, they shipped same day.
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>   This is a new fastener source I will keep at the top of my list. Difficult to drive to a hardware or marine supply store who carries SS fasteners for less than what the Albany shipping cost was.
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>   Just another source you might want to look into. Had not seen it pop up on this site before.
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>   Don W7WLL
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