Need Help Finding the Right Screw

[Steve Kohn]

I'm building a simple coat hook mounting bracket for my daughter and her family. The hooks she chose came with screws that are too long for the mounting board. So I'd simply like to replace the screws with shorter ones. Unfortunately, I must be looking in all the wrong places online because I cannot find what I need. I need at least 20 pieces of an #8 by 3/4 or 7/8 length, oval head, Phillips, oil rubbed bronze screw.

Any suggestions?

[Bruce Page]

Have a Home Depot nearby?

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Unbranded-8-x-3-4-in-Bronze-Plated-Oval-Head-Phillips-Decorator-Screws-4-Pack-76388/202210046

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Steve,

I found some here but they aren't oil rubbed: http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=6844&familyName=%238+Silicon+Bronze+Wood+Screws+Frearso n+Oval+Head

I've dealt with this company and found their service to be excellent!

[Tim Morton]

would this work?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8UwifeNx3M

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Tim,

If the threads on the screw are standard machine threads, that will work fine. I would be hesitant to use that on wood screw threads, however, as the female threads in the tool could potentially be damaged rendering the tool useless for future use on machine screws.

[Ray Newman]

Try: http://www.mcfeelys.com/

[Steve Kohn]

Thanks to all that have replied.

The link to Home Depot was new to me. It seems to be exactly what I was looking for. I was in my local HD this AM and didn't find anything. It seems that the closest couple of stores don't carry this item, however I could order and wait for a week and pay shipping charges larger than the cost of the screws.

I had already checked with Jamestown and they don't seem to carry anything that meets the spec.

Cutting what I have down with the tool mentioned wouldn't work. If necessary I can grind off the screw ends but it would be a lot of messing around.

I could get the screw finder on McFeely's to work for what I wanted. They don't seem to carry much in oval head screws.

[Bruce Page]

If necessary I can grind off the screw ends but it would be a lot of messing around.

Steve, I have ground screws to the needed length countless times. It is often quicker, easier, & cheaper than running to the hardware store.

[Steve Kohn]

I've also done this in the past and will probably resort to doing this again for this project. However, I was trying to avoid this since I've got a couple of other projects going at the same time (a glue up in clamps and poly drying on the second project).

[Dave Zellers]

I've had luck in the past in this situation with first establishing the screw threads in the wood with the long one and then just clip the screws and line up with those threads.

[Michael Mayo]

http://www.tnfasteners.com/cgi-local/browse.pl?type=topic&id=82&cart_id=73f99ec4a53aef009cd5527880fd8bf5

[Jason White]

Just make the screws shorter. Cut them with diagonal cutters (a.k.a. "dikes") or use a hacksaw.


I'm building a simple coat hook mounting bracket for my daughter and her family. The hooks she chose came with screws that are too long for the mounting board. So I'd simply like to replace the screws with shorter ones. Unfortunately, I must be looking in all the wrong places online because I cannot find what I need. I need at least 20 pieces of an #8 by 3/4 or 7/8 length, oval head, Phillips, oil rubbed bronze screw.

Any suggestions?

[Steve Kohn]

http://www.tnfasteners.com/cgi-local/browse.pl?type=topic&id=82&cart_id=73f99ec4a53aef009cd5527880fd8bf5

Thanks Michael, it looks like these would work. However at almost $0.50 each, plus shipping, I think I'm going to use what I have. It will be faster and a heck of a lot cheaper.