On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:15:45 -0700, Mark & Juanita
wrote:

Doug Miller wrote:

In article , Jim Behning
wrote:

I went by the hardware store tonight when the orange box did not have
what I wanted. They had homeowner quanties of one to a box of 100. I
walked out with 3 boxes of different sizes. If I finsih any project
all the screws wil be gone and a need for a few more boxes. If you
live in a town with a good hadware store they may have what you need
or can make do with.

Sure, but try finding *any* square-drive screws at your local hardware
store, let alone a box of a hundred. That's what McFeely's specializes in.


That, and screws that don't snap off at the slightest over-torque.
Actually, I've had orange box screws snap off after being lubricated and
driven into pre-drilled holes before they bottom out.

I have suffered that with lag bolts that floated across an ocean to my
job site.

I guess if you think square drive is the cat's meow then your local
hardware store may not be the place for you. That said the local
hardware store will likely never be the place to go compared to an
industrial fastners supply house. I have driven a block from the
hardware store to the fastners store to get bolts. I do not know the
country of origin of McFeely's fastners but the fastener store sources
from all those wonderful over seas factories. So far they have had
what I wanted in a quality sufficient for my tasks. But I have not
gone off on a specialty screw hunt. McFeely's certainly looks like an
easier shopping place than other places.