Where do you buy your wood screws. Looking for another source with good pricing.
Where do you buy your wood screws. Looking for another source with good pricing.
I've been happy with McFeeleys. LINK
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Quickscrews has good quality at a decent price but shipping on smaller quantities is a killer. Otherwise Spax or GRK from the big box but never the wildly misnamed Everlast.
My friend who is an organ builder in Belgium recently sent this picture of some new screws he was opening up for use on a restoration project. All I know is that I want to be able to go to his hardware store! I'd kill to find a good assortment of screws like this.
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McFeely's ....
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The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...
Jamestown Distributors has some nice offerings.
Best Regards, Maurice
I don't buy them, they just show up. On Friday for instance, 30 lbs of 3 1/2" SS screws and 14 lbs of 2" galvanized ones appeared. A week or two before, another big assortment of SS and other screws- 25 lbs or more- didn't weigh those.
I think they like to be with their own kind.
Here's a sampling of some of the smaller amounts:
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I've switched to Spax screws. The do the same job, are much stronger and don't cam out when driven. Both of the two local big box stores carry them.
Last edited by Lee Schierer; 03-06-2023 at 7:19 AM.
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I like WoodPro by A&C Eagle and buy them mostly direct or from Amazon. The AP8X114 #8 x 1-1/4" is a go-to wood screw for me. I've never had one break on me. They have nibs on the underside of the countersink head that help retain the screw in the hole. The top portion of the screw is threadless to help draw the second board tight against the first. And they have a star drive which has eliminated stripping of the head in my use.
http://bandceagle.com/fasteners.php?...ackaged_screws
eBay is my preferred source for wood screws and machine screws. It takes a bit of searching but there are some good deals.
McFeely's, although there are several sizes in the past year that they no longer have that I've needed.
Also, Bolt Depot I've been using more and more lately. They seem to have the ones that McFeely's doesn't.
- After I ask a stranger if I can pet their dog and they say yes, I like to respond, "I'll keep that in mind" and walk off
- It's above my pay grade. Mongo only pawn in game of life.
I use Bolt Depot for wood screws and other oddball stuff that I can't get at the home center. It's easy to find what I need and their shipping is reasonable.
Pacific bolt in town. It has like a ten dollar minimum. Ebay for stainless fence screws from some guy in Hawaii.
Bill D
I am currently using Spax and never had one issue with them. Just thought I can get them cheap if I go larger quantities. 500 to maybe 2500 per size.