In article , "Jon Danniken" wrote:
I tightened up a 1/4" lag screw that I bought from Home Depot earlier this
evening. It was screwed into 1.5" fir after pre-drilling with a 1/8" pilot
hole.
[... and, unsurprisingly, the head twisted off]
Be careful what you build with the fasteners you buy from the bulk bin at
Home Depot.

This isn't exactly news to anyone who's been involved in home repair for any
length of time, you know.

You can get fasteners of significantly better quality, at a lower price, from
any real hardware store. The category of real hardware stores includes:
- Ace
- Tru-Value
- Do-it-Best
- any hardware store with worn wooden floors and a little bell on the front
door that tinkles when you walk in, where any employees under the age of
forty are the owner's grandchildren; sadly, these places are getting harder
and harder to find.

This category does *not* include
- Home Depot
- Lowe's
- Menards
- Hechinger's
and similar places.