Nut, bolt, washer assortment

I’m not even sure if they are national or not, but locally we have Tractor Supply, which is a sort of farm mart, and they carry a good supply of the larger sizes with many of the bigger bolts, lags, and hardware in a choice of the softer less expensive #2 SAE, and also the much more rigorous #8 SAE.

They sell these by the pound, and versus the single priced, and small bagged junk at the BORGs they are a steal. It’s my go to for hardware, at least what they carry.

-- Think safe, be safe

Fastenal.

-- ~Walker

I m not even sure if they are national or not, but locally we have Tractor Supply, which is a sort of farm mart, and they carry a good supply of the larger sizes with many of the bigger bolts, lags, and hardware in a choice of the softer less expensive #2 SAE, and also the much more rigorous #8 SAE.

They sell these by the pound, and versus the single priced, and small bagged junk at the BORGs they are a steal. It s my go to for hardware, at least what they carry.

- therealSteveN

I always forget about that place until i need to go for some reason. Last time i went for horse stall mats and came home with welding supplies and sandblasting medium as they had better prices than the welding shops.

Cool. There’s one near me. Thanks. Would rather see what I’m getting vs online.

-- Andy - Seattle USA

Mcmaster.com grainger.com

-- The hump with the stump and the pump!

For machine screws/nuts/washers I use the local Ace Hardware store. They offer these in metal, stainless steel, brass, and plastic. By box or individual pieces. In sizes of SAE and metric. Almost any hardware store offers these selections.

McFeely’s have been emailing me monthly to purchase supplies and tools from them. https://www.mcfeelys.com/ I haven’t bought anything through them. You may want to check them out. They sell a large assortment of fasteners, cutting bits & blades, wood finishes, project hardware, woodshop supplies, power & hand tools, jigs, cabinet & furniture hardware, clamps, wood turning tools and protection equipment.

I buy them as I need them from Menards or Godwin hardware here in GR…sometimes on line where shipping is free. Buy an assortment of 10-24 , 1/4-20, and 5/16-18 and 3/8-16 bolts, nuts and washers to start. They will get you by for many projects, but you will find you always need a special length, thread size or type you don’t have. The box stores have them in packages so you have to buy that quantity and the left overs create the in house stock! I have 4 cabinets full of fasteners and just recently built one for all the Stainless ones.. it never ends!!!!

Cheers, Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!

While I started with an assortment in a small parts case from, I think, Sears, I buy most of my hardware>1 pc at a time from McMaster. I did see this:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-360-Pcs-6-32-8-32-10-24-10-32-Phillips-Pan-Head-Machine-Screws-Assortment/293844707480?hash=item446a826898:g:gIIAAOSwmhlftsz8

While I started with an assortment in a small parts case from, I think, Sears, I buy most of my hardware>1 pc at a time from McMaster. I did see this:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-360-Pcs-6-32-8-32-10-24-10-32-Phillips-Pan-Head-Machine-Screws-Assortment/293844707480?hash=item446a826898:g:gIIAAOSwmhlftsz8

- brtech

That’s kinda what I’m looking for. I’d be suicidal if it ever fell on the floor.

-- Andy - Seattle USA

Albanycountyfastners has a good selection

I salvage pretty much every fastener from items I disassemble before hauling to the dump. Quite the collection now with coffee cans dedicated to each size nut and bolt. The screws are mostly sorted now as well.

For starting off, those filled small screw/nut organizers can be handy, but the larger bolt/nut collections can have iffy (soft) hardware.

I’ll usually go the hardware store route since you can get the easy to break grade 2 and the better grade 5/8.

The individual unit prices are high, but if you are needing more than about 10, the full box price begins to look like a bargain. The extra help fill my “collection bins”

For bulk box quantities, it’s a toss up between the hardware store versus online stores. I’ve found the online prices are generally higher due to the shipping.

Forget about the big-box stores unless you are desperate, their prices per unit are the highest anywhere.

I m not even sure if they are national or not, but locally we have Tractor Supply, which is a sort of farm mart, and they carry a good supply of the larger sizes with many of the bigger bolts, lags, and hardware in a choice of the softer less expensive #2 SAE, and also the much more rigorous #8 SAE.

They sell these by the pound, and versus the single priced, and small bagged junk at the BORGs they are a steal. It s my go to for hardware, at least what they carry.

- therealSteveN

I always forget about that place until i need to go for some reason. Last time i went for horse stall mats and came home with welding supplies and sandblasting medium as they had better prices than the welding shops.

- SMP

I’m not even sure if they identify with woodworkers, but darned if I don’t pick up a lot of supplies there. Agree their prices are quite fair.

-- Think safe, be safe

I”ve also orded from AlbanyCountyFasteners. They also sell on ebay. There is another outfit in Las Vegas also that sells on ebay but I can’t remember the name.

-- I intended to be a woodworker, but turned into a tool and lumber collector.

Local True Value hardware store and Tractor Supply are my go-to places. If they don’t have it, McMaster-Carr.

-- I collect hobbies. There is no sense in limiting yourself (Don W) - - - - - - - - Kenny in SW VA

I salvage pretty much every fastener from items I disassemble before hauling to the dump. Quite the collection now with coffee cans dedicated to each size nut and bolt. The screws are mostly sorted now as well.

- splintergroup

That’s kind of what I’ve always done but it takes a few minutes to find the right matching nut and bolt & washer as the coffee cans get fuller. If I need to tap a hole it would be nice to know what tap to grab instead of trial and error. I can spot a 1/4 20 from across the room but so many are now lettered and numbered and metric so it’d nice to have a pre-sorted collection.

Thanks for the suggestions.

-- Andy - Seattle USA