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11-08-2009, 01:44 AM | #1 |
Who's your Daddy-0! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Augusta
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| Stainless steel screws....$ ouch!
I just ordered 900 piece kit of M2, M3, and M4 stainless steel screws. $81! I've been getting sick of digging through my screw boxes trying to find 4 matching screws for a build! I've bought countless AX-10 stainless kits from the local hobby shop at $29 a pop! So I figured I would bite the bullet and order a big kit from RC ScrewZ. What are you guys using that are building all the time? Are you using metric or standard? |
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11-08-2009, 01:48 AM | #2 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: ...the burning end of the rope.
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M3 on almost everything,,,ss and black oxide,,,do you have a link for the company? i'd like a huge count of M3 lock nuts
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11-08-2009, 01:51 AM | #3 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Greece, sun, sea and rocks
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Metric for this part of the world. Most kits nowadays use metric hardware. I also buy bulk screws straight from a factory. Problem is they only make cap heads but for .1 cent a screw it's worth it.
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11-08-2009, 01:52 AM | #4 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: BV
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I use all metric stuff except in a few odd cases. We have a local shop, AAA Metric, and their screws are dirt cheap and better quality than the RCScrewz stuff. I've rounded off a lot of RCScrewz hexes. I think MCMaster Carr has pretty good prices on small screws too. I think last time I went to AAA I got a bag of 100 nylock 3mm nuts for like 3-4 bucks |
11-08-2009, 02:11 AM | #5 | |
Who's your Daddy-0! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Augusta
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Do you have a link to this "AAA" place? | |
11-08-2009, 02:12 AM | #6 |
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11-08-2009, 02:44 AM | #7 |
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11-08-2009, 02:53 AM | #8 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sin City
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I get all mine from McFadden-Dales hardware. You can buy 1 screw at a time or by the box of 100, any size, finish, head etc.
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11-08-2009, 06:55 AM | #9 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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| Packages of 100 for ~$3: http://www.mcmaster.com/#hex-locknuts/=4ew9wd |
11-08-2009, 09:09 AM | #10 | |
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11-08-2009, 09:11 AM | #11 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: BV
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| http://www.aaametric.com/ I don't know if they do mail order, the place is 15 minutes away from my work. Edit: too slow. |
11-08-2009, 09:16 AM | #12 |
I joined the Band! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sacramento
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| .1 ???? sst ?? link please x2 x2, got to be cheap chineese hardware if its this cheap
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11-08-2009, 09:17 AM | #13 |
Suck it up! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas
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I generally use 3mm in black oxide. I hate SS, it gets boogered up too easily.
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11-08-2009, 09:52 AM | #14 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Home of the ORIGINAL Terminator chassis
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Any reason you didn't go to either Fastenal or McMaster? If you know the sizes you need you could get them for probably half that price from either.
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11-08-2009, 11:25 AM | #15 | |
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11-08-2009, 11:28 AM | #16 |
owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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I typically use fastenal. Pretty cheap there.
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11-08-2009, 11:38 AM | #17 |
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I like to just go to McMaster. Good prices,pretty good quality and you get to choose the sizes you get unlike a "hardware kit" Seems like some of the kits you buy,there is always a couple sizes you won't use. That,IMO,just raises the price per piece of the ones you actually use.
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11-08-2009, 11:44 AM | #18 | |
Built, not bought Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gresham
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X2. Plus the fact that when I order through work,I don't have to pay the shipping.Company does that,I just piggy back on their orders. | |
11-08-2009, 11:46 AM | #19 |
~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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mcmaster carr and micro fastners.com is who i use
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11-08-2009, 12:14 PM | #20 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Detroit
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Stainless steel screws suck. Black oxide is strong and the heads last much longer.
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