"Bob La Londe" wrote

You guys have ruined me as a consumer. I lost a cap for one of the
battery posts on my 700 watt inverter the other day. It's a 7 X 1 thread.
I have 6mm and 8mm nuts in my small bolt bin. 7mm I guess is not so
common. Since binding force is not super critical I made a nut for it out
of a scrap of brass I had laying in my scrap box. Took about ten minutes.
I know from a cost benefit standpoint it might not seem cheap, but it was.
It would have taken me 30-40 minutes to go to the store and see if they
had something that would fit. Might have had to go to two or three
stores.

I have bins of assorted nuts and bolts, which would take at least a week at
eight hours a day to sort. I have a rule NEVER to throw anything out. When
I do, I need it within three days. When I get into a situation like yours,
I can usually go to the bins or buckets and find a replacement.

Steve