[Shop-talk] Quick start fasdtener collection?

[Jimmie Mayfield]

On 1/7/24 10:50, Jim Franklin wrote:
> 2 years ago I sold my house and moved overseas, giving away my 25 year collection of assorted fateners. Now I need it back :-)   Other than asking the local classifieds/freecycle, any thoughts on how to amass a collection quickly? Yesterday I paid $1 each for M8 pan head screws to mount a TV and today I discovered the old washers are permanently affixed to the old short screws and I don't have any washers <hangs head>.

I usually buy assortments from Amazon.  Stainless bolts/nuts, nylock 
nuts, washers, automotive clips, O-rings... It's a quick way to build up 
a decent collection to have on hand.  I'd use McMaster for something 
that needs to be high-strength but for normal use cases, Amazon seems 
fine.  I replaced all the bolts and screws on my snowblower housing with 
stainless versions from these assortments 6-7 years ago and they're 
still in good shape.

J