I just got screwed... ok, it's a bad pun.

[olds97_lss]

Or at least I think it's a pun...

Anyway, $60 at www.mcmaster.com gets you quite a few screws and bits.

600 various metric screws, 200 lock nuts, 300 various washers.

http://home.comcast.net/~98gmarquee/pics/misc/2008-0202-McMasterScrewDelivery.jpg

Not really sure why I bought 100 4M X 35M bolts... I think I wanted 8, but they only sold in packs of 100.

Anyone else shop there? I kind of hate their website for ordering, very cumbersome, but the prices are pretty good as is the quality of product. At least the stuff I've bought in the past seems good.

 

[Lessen]

HUGE industrial supply place. I can literally walk there in 15 minutes from my front door. A buddy of mine is a manager there. Good company, good place to work. My company buys stuff from them all the time. That's the same place to order those o-rings that are supposed to fix leaky RC18 factory team shocks.

 

[olds97_lss]

The one I receive stuff from is in Elmhurst, IL which is about 60 miles from me.

They have tons of stuff online... I've never gone to the place as I'm not sure if it's an actual place you can go to vs a warehouse that ships web/phone based orders.

 

[Lessen]

Our maintenance guy picks up orders quite frequently from the warehouse here. It's located in industrial land so a passer by certainly wouldn't expect it to be a storefront. At any rate, that's one heck of a deal there. Much better than paying the outrageous prices for a couple screws at a hobby shop.

 

[Rolex]

Thanks for that info, Olds. I might load up. Enough spares for the next 20 cars for $60 vs. 6 screws for 1.99. Do the math.

 

[olds97_lss]

Yeah... I haven't bought stuff there in a few years. Didn't need to, but my screw supply was dwindling. Should be set for another year or two. Plus, I hated not having washers... I should have bought a couple extra bags. I can never seem to find washers when I need them.

 

[Rolex]

I know that feeling. Just yesterday I needed some small parts and didn't have them.
It's time to stock up. It sure beats a 25 mile round trip to the hobby shop.