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Cheapest Plase to order screw sets???
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not cheapest, not stainless or Ti. but they are the strongest. you can also buy individual types if thats what you need too.
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The last thing you want is cheap screws.
You should be asking who has the best screws for a good price.
You should be asking who has the best screws for a good price.
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Yeah, that could lead to a long therapy involving many penicillin shots.
I have had a bad experience with rcscrewz as well.
The hex heads were sloppy. This caused the wrenches both American and metric to not fit tight in turn stripping out the hexes. When I contacted the company I got no resolution. I lost $25.00 on a bad set of Storm Pro screws.
I got rcscrewd without a courtesy reach around.
The hex heads were sloppy. This caused the wrenches both American and metric to not fit tight in turn stripping out the hexes. When I contacted the company I got no resolution. I lost $25.00 on a bad set of Storm Pro screws.
I got rcscrewd without a courtesy reach around.
Find the screw sizes you need and go to this place. Everything you will need is there. We have the book and deal with them a lot for our materials. Order in bulk and have screws forever! Stainless steel, aluminum, hardened steel, titanium ... philips, standard, box, hex, torx .... they have everything under the sun dealing with materials used from construction to r/c's.
Even stuff for Fast Eddy's ultrasonic cleaner!
Even stuff for Fast Eddy's ultrasonic cleaner!
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Don't be fooled into thinking SS or Ti is the way to go when it comes to screws. Allow steel is the way to go. I also got RCScrewed with a SS kit. As Ed stated, they are sloppy and both metric and standard don't quite fit right. I now only use Hexcrews to fill my srcrew needs. They may be pricey, but well worth it.
Don't be fooled into thinking SS or Ti is the way to go when it comes to screws. Allow steel is the way to go. I also got RCScrewed with a SS kit. As Ed stated, they are sloppy and both metric and standard don't quite fit right. I now only use Hexcrews to fill my srcrew needs. They may be pricey, but well worth it.
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Ill second that Hex heads are the best around I bought a set..any time I take a stock screw out I replace it with a HEX HEADS serious MOJO
http://www.hexcrews.com/
http://www.hexcrews.com/
I don't get whats so great about hex heads. I have had them strip just as quick as a phillips. That, and at least with phillips I have an electric screw gun for them and have yet to find bits for it that I can use on hex heads.
If you get the proper set of hex screws and just as important, a good set of wrenches you will see the difference.
One of the features that make a good hex is the depth of the hex. A shallow hex doesn't give the wrench as much to grab. Sloppy manufacturing will allow the wrench or have free play inside the hex hole.
When you have a good screw and a good wrench you are most likely going to brake your wrench or strip the part being held in before you strip the head.
I have a set of Craftsmen hex bits in both Metric and SAE. Honestly, they sit in my box and don't get used ofter, I'm from the school of touch and feel when it comes to putting together my RCs. Yes you can use an electric driver with the torque head properly set however I choose not to. The feel of the screw going in, hitting bottom then being properly hand torqued is important to me. A large amount of th parts that I replace are not broken but are stressed at the mounting points. I know this by the feel of the screw going in or coming out. You will rarely see missing screws after a day of running on any of my RCs.
Screws are a lot more important then most people think. More days of running are cut short due to bad screws then any other issue. A GREAT screw set is an important and necessary investment.
One of the features that make a good hex is the depth of the hex. A shallow hex doesn't give the wrench as much to grab. Sloppy manufacturing will allow the wrench or have free play inside the hex hole.
When you have a good screw and a good wrench you are most likely going to brake your wrench or strip the part being held in before you strip the head.
I have a set of Craftsmen hex bits in both Metric and SAE. Honestly, they sit in my box and don't get used ofter, I'm from the school of touch and feel when it comes to putting together my RCs. Yes you can use an electric driver with the torque head properly set however I choose not to. The feel of the screw going in, hitting bottom then being properly hand torqued is important to me. A large amount of th parts that I replace are not broken but are stressed at the mounting points. I know this by the feel of the screw going in or coming out. You will rarely see missing screws after a day of running on any of my RCs.
Screws are a lot more important then most people think. More days of running are cut short due to bad screws then any other issue. A GREAT screw set is an important and necessary investment.
You know I searched all over town, and finally found a hardware store with a nice fastner section. out of say 7 HW stores only one out of the way store had a nice selection of what I needed.
GO digging, take the screws with you so you know you're getting the right ones. Then you can look and feel what you are buying. I've found everyone of my T-maxx and savage scews at this place from hardened machined screws all the way to the soft silver ones.
I bought probably 200 misc screws for my t-maxx I use the hardened ones where needed, and the soft ones where I want the screw to bend rather than break off parts or screws in the r/c itself..
A screw kit may or may not have everything you need, but unlike ordering you can always go bakck for more. I bought a tackle box to put all the leftover scewrs in, and now I am never without.
GO digging, take the screws with you so you know you're getting the right ones. Then you can look and feel what you are buying. I've found everyone of my T-maxx and savage scews at this place from hardened machined screws all the way to the soft silver ones.
I bought probably 200 misc screws for my t-maxx I use the hardened ones where needed, and the soft ones where I want the screw to bend rather than break off parts or screws in the r/c itself..
A screw kit may or may not have everything you need, but unlike ordering you can always go bakck for more. I bought a tackle box to put all the leftover scewrs in, and now I am never without.
A place to find a good hex bit is laratools.com. Look here
http://www.lara.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?product=&keywords=bt-h[0-9]&oc=&next=10
They have a lifetime guarantee (includes return postage) and I have yet to strip a hex head with one of these bits. I use them with both my cordless drill and with a 1/4" bit driver for the final torqueing. I am using the cheap hex heads screws sets from ebay but will be getting my next set of screws from these guys, mr. metric
http://www.fastenerweb.com/mrmetric/
They have pretty much any variety of metric screw possible and are local for me but I know they do mail order.
http://www.lara.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?product=&keywords=bt-h[0-9]&oc=&next=10
They have a lifetime guarantee (includes return postage) and I have yet to strip a hex head with one of these bits. I use them with both my cordless drill and with a 1/4" bit driver for the final torqueing. I am using the cheap hex heads screws sets from ebay but will be getting my next set of screws from these guys, mr. metric
http://www.fastenerweb.com/mrmetric/
They have pretty much any variety of metric screw possible and are local for me but I know they do mail order.
