Assorted Socket Cap Screws?

Splat said:
A good deal at Fastenal? Surely you jest! :) I've only bought things from them when extreme conditions applied. McMaster is my go-to but Ace Hardwares usually have a decent selection of fasteners and local.
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I recently got some stuff at Fastenal for a good deal. I needed some parts and they were comparable to internet pricing. I was surprised. Plus no shipping, no waiting.
 
Do not harbor hate for harbor freight! I bought a set of 106 imperial Allen head cap screws of varying sizes and lengths for well under $6 with a 20% coupon. I wish they had a metric set, since it is what I mostly need.

http://t.harborfreight.com/106-piece-allen-head-cap-screw-set-67586.html

While you're there, pick up this 60 piece tap and die set. It is highly rated and I personally certify it as a quality product. These are as good or better than many higher end brands like Irwin. Thankfully, they skimped the tap and die holders instead of the taps and dies. Buy a better set and throw out the included ones.

http://t.harborfreight.com/60-piece-sae-metric-tap-and-die-set-35407.html




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If there is a fastener wholesaler in your area, it may be worth checking them out. Within one mile of a Fastenal outlet, I found a wholesaler who charged me less than half what Fastenal wanted for the same screw. The wholesaler also gave me a free sample of a fastener that I wasn't sure of so I could see if I could make it work on the project I have going on. Do a little shopping and legwork and you may find a local full service supplier with attractive prices. The one I ended up dealing with didn't even need any sort of account.
 
f350ca said:
I recently set up an account through Fastenal. Can't believe their wholesale prices ! A box of 100 - 10-32 5/8 long was $4.
Needed a pile of hot dipped carriage bolts , washers and nuts for the steam boat paddle wheels. 128 bolt / nut sets. The list price was $260, $5 less than low, whole sale was $60.
Apparently they have their own factories.

Greg
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What are their requirements for an account? I used to deal with them at work and got the discount when I needed anything for home, but now that I am retired the prices are astronomical.
 
Up til now, I've used Bolt Depot but their shipping always gets me. I'll double or triple the quantities I need and still end up paying more for shipping than the hardware.

Their service is great, I get stuff quickly, and the quality of the hardware seems really good to me, but they're becoming a last resort place.

Is Fastenal good on shipping? I know order prep and shipping are real costs for a company, don't get me wrong, but $7 shipping on 3 or $4 worth of hardware is hard to take.

I just ordered a handful of stuff from MSC. I needed two 10-32x5/8 flat head screws and four 1/8" spring pins. I would have been happy to buy 25 of each. Instead, I had to buy 100 of each, and the kicker is they shipped me 90 spring pins from Atlanta and had to send 10 from Nevada. I would have bought the 10 by themselves, if I could have.
 
The last time I checked with Fastenal, their shipping was a flat $10 on any order up to $100. After the $100 point was reached, shipping is 10 percent of the amount of the order. Seems kind of steep to me. Every once in a while, an item on the Grainger site is shown to have free shipping to a local outlet where you would then pick it up. I don't know how they decide which items ship free, so that's a real crapshoot. As I said earlier, do the shopping around and sometimes you can make out pretty well on quality and price.
 
Buggy Chief said:
Where is the best place to buy quality low cost Assortment of Socket Cap screws. I bought some form Horrible Freight and they are pathetic. Tend to strip in the head due to not deep enough to receive hex wrench. TIA!!
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I don't think they have assortments, per se...but I use Allen's Fasteners out of Phoenix, AZ. Reasonable prices on fasteners and he doesn't charge exorbitant shipping prices.
 
I've made my own assortments of socket head cap screws and bolts using these storage cabinets.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tool-Box-Or...id=100005&rk=6&rkt=6&mehot=pp&sd=252871477726

I have on hand sizes from 1/4" to 5/8" using these. I also have one for nuts and another one for washers. The only reason for doing this was the accumulation of nearly 35 years worth of bolts, nuts, socket head cap screws.

They sure are handy! And where I live, you can't afford to go to town every time you need one!
 
roadie33 said:
I buy a lot from Ebay seller Lightningstainless.
Here is some 1/4-20. I bought 100 of the 3/4" and 1"
Good prices and being stainless I don't have to worry about rust.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-4-20-Sock...Qty-25-/231331421361?var=&hash=item7b89b47696
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I have bought from them, as well as 2 other eBay sellers, Albany County Fasteners and Marine Bolt Supply. I try to go locally. In SoCal, it was Ababba Bolt. Here in Oregon, it was Sasco Fasteners, but their prices tripled in the last few years for some reason, and they're the same as the overpriced hardware stores now. I recommend finding your local bolt wholeseller.

The guy who touted Fastenal must have found a guy who transposed digits, because they wanted $187 for three 55 gallon drums lids and straps. I ended up mail ordering them from Minnesota for $66, delivered UPS, which was still outrageous, IMHO. _Lids_, not drum/lid/strap sets. Their hardware prices were usually a buck something apiece, so after the 2nd trip there, I stopped using them completely.

Note to OP: Buggy, make sure you're not buying low-profile SHCS. They have a much shallower hex depression. HF is probably both cheap _and_ low-profile. ;)
 
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