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    Carriage Bolts

    I needed some 5-6" carriage bolts for a project. I went to HomeDepot and Ace Hardware and was shocked at the price. I know things have gone up but wow. Anyway, I was in Tractor Supply and checked the prices. The price was $3.19 per pound. You just take what you need and can mix them up and they weigh them up at the cash register. I got what I needed much cheaper than Ace or HomeDepot.

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    We have a farm supply store that sells fasteners by the pound. In my shop, I have bags of different sizes and lengths. For a project with my generator, I needed to add an oil fill to opposite side of the engine, which would also need to be a dip stick. B&S oil plugs fit 3/4-16 threads, so a nut would work perfect. HD, about $2.00 for single nut, but at farm supply $2.99 a pound. Used pipe fittings, and brazed a nut to one side of a tee to make it.

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    Yea, that's one thing I really like about buying fasteners at Tractor Supply. (assuming they have what I want) Even the higher grade bolts are priced the same way.
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    The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...

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    I was very happy to find the prices of hardware so reasonable at the Tractor Supply and the Wilco stores that opened a few years ago.

    One time at the Wilco store the had peat moss on sale at 3 cubic feet for $10 if my memory is working. I took out my tape measure and demonstrated to the manager the bail was only 2 cubic feet. She gave me a store coupon for $10 so the third bail would make up for it.

    They also carry some of the odd thread hardware the others do not carry like 6-40 and 1/4-28.

    They also carry 5/8" carriage bolts that no body around here carried before the came to town. When some of those were needed in my shop they had to be mail ordered.

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    I was just at Home Depot looking for some stainless button cap screws. Two for $2.69 I think. I decided to look elsewhere and they were about half the price at Menards. A hardware store might have been less, but any savings would be spent on gas.

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    I needed some 5/8" x 9" galvanized ones last week. I didn't spend any time shopping for them longer than typing in the Amazon search window. I think it was $60 for 25. They were on our deck in two days. I might have been able to save some money by putting time, and gas into it, but I can do other things with time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom M King View Post
    I needed some 5/8" x 9" galvanized ones last week. I didn't spend any time shopping for them longer than typing in the Amazon search window. I think it was $60 for 25. They were on our deck in two days. I might have been able to save some money by putting time, and gas into it, but I can do other things with time.
    Thinking you could have searched for them at the FarmStore or Tractor Supply lead me on a wild goose chase that led me to realize you may have found them quicker on Amazon.

    The search engine at Wilco Farm Store didn't seem to know the difference between a carriage bolt and wire cutters.

    jtk
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    Another possible option for fasteners if available in your area: about 10 miles from me is a metals recycling place. I get lots of chunks, sheet, and rods there. You never know what they are going to have. (Once we found 10' lengths of thin-wall 1/2" titanium tubing for about $5 each. The tubing was new - looked them up and these originally sold for something like $200 each.)

    But they put all bolts, screws, and such in a semi trailer lined with bins and shelves. Someone has organized them in metal type (brass, steel, stainless, etc) and type - big bolts, screws, etc. I've found bolts 1"+ diameter and a huge variety of smaller bolts, machine screws, and special fasteners. And all prices are by weight, and like their other metals, just a little above scrap prices. There no no lights inside so I take a flashlight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John K Jordan View Post
    Another possible option for fasteners if available in your area: about 10 miles from me is a metals recycling place. I get lots of chunks, sheet, and rods there. You never know what they are going to have. (Once we found 10' lengths of thin-wall 1/2" titanium tubing for about $5 each. The tubing was new - looked them up and these originally sold for something like $200 each.)

    But they put all bolts, screws, and such in a semi trailer lined with bins and shelves. Someone has organized them in metal type (brass, steel, stainless, etc) and type - big bolts, screws, etc. I've found bolts 1"+ diameter and a huge variety of smaller bolts, machine screws, and special fasteners. And all prices are by weight, and like their other metals, just a little above scrap prices. There no no lights inside so I take a flashlight.
    Noble Metals on Warehouse Road? My old house was near there. Their operation was really noisy. They woke us up at 5:30 or 6:00.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thomas Wilson View Post
    Noble Metals on Warehouse Road? My old house was near there. Their operation was really noisy. They woke us up at 5:30 or 6:00.
    Your place now seems more peaceful!

    Yes, Noble Metals. I’ve found some great metal for machining, a box of stainless steel and totanium medical instruments (hemostats, tiny scissors, tools and supplies for bone and more, much of it new. A great find was large sheets of 1” thick white and fire resistant green HDPE. Excellent for jigs and more, machines well. Occasionally I find some nice brass and bronze. I made this tool handle with a brass insert for tools with 5/8" diameter shafts.

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    From a chunk of bronze I made this branding iron for a friend with a sheep farm.

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    JKJ

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