Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?

Daniele

"D.M. Procida" wrote in
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Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?

Maplin

RW wrote:
"D.M. Procida" wrote in
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Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?

Maplin



5 years ago, maybe, nowadays... mneh! (minor rant after looking for some
machine screws from there)

CPC is probably my favourite for things like this - but then - their
trade counter is only 3 miles away for me

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"RW" writes:

"D.M. Procida" wrote in
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Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?

Maplin

They did used to. Not anymore.

You'll probably find there's a local machine stockist on an
industrial estate nearby, or possibly even a specialist tools
shop (I've used AHC in Camberley, but not recently).

Any of the decent mail order electronic components stockists
will do these too, CPC, Rapid, ...

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

Mike Dodd wrote:

Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?

Maplin

CPC

I did have a look at CPC earlier...

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/search/br...+1001409&Ntk=g
ensearch_003&Ntt=nylon+washer&Ntx=

Not that great a selection of nylon washers.

A search for "circlip" doesn't do too well either.

Maplin, sadly, seem to be mainly a radio-control helicopter shop
nowadays, while CPC head in that direction too.

Daniele

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:09:25 +0000, Mike Dodd wrote:

Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair
some old equipment?

Maplin

At a price and last resort.

CPC is probably my favourite for things like this - but then - their
trade counter is only 3 miles away for me

CPC probably but look at what kits Screwfix have to offer. Then there is
RS or a local engineering/fasteners supplies place (Yellow Pages?).

--
Cheers
Dave.

In message
,
D.M. Procida writes
Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?

There's a company we use which sells things like that at a quid a box
(of various sizes) I forget the name, email me post Jan 5th I'll have a
look

Else it's e.g.

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/s...?method=getPro
duct&R=0278376

otherwise, its what you build up over the years


--
geoff

In message
,
D.M. Procida writes
Mike Dodd wrote:

Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?

Maplin

CPC

I did have a look at CPC earlier...

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/search/br...+1001409&Ntk=g
ensearch_003&Ntt=nylon+washer&Ntx=

Not that great a selection of nylon washers.

A search for "circlip" doesn't do too well either.

Maplin, sadly, seem to be mainly a radio-control helicopter shop
nowadays, while CPC head in that direction too.

There's always Orbital fasteners

http://www.orbitalfasteners.co.uk/pr...ng.php?id=2835

Daniele, do you think you could get yourself a sig sep ?

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geoff

D.M. Procida wrote :
Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?

Aldi had some mixed kits of all of those things a couple of weeks ago,
all in plastic compartment type cases. Our local one still had some
left when I popped in this week.

--
Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

Aldi have tins of assorted washers, circlips from time to time.

Circlips are quite hard to find in my experience these days.


On 31 Dec, 18:07, (D.M.
Procida) wrote:
Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?

Daniele

Harry Bloomfield wrote:

D.M. Procida wrote :
Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts -
nylon washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to
repair some old equipment?

Aldi had some mixed kits of all of those things a couple of weeks
ago, all in plastic compartment type cases. Our local one still had
some left when I popped in this week.

Try http://www.google.co.uk - its very helpful

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:02:37 GMT, "zaax"
wrote:

Harry Bloomfield wrote:

D.M. Procida wrote :
Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts -
nylon washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to
repair some old equipment?

Aldi had some mixed kits of all of those things a couple of weeks
ago, all in plastic compartment type cases. Our local one still had
some left when I popped in this week.

Try http://www.google.co.uk - its very helpful

Whenever I chuck something out I collect odd bits from it, such as
nuts, bolts, washers etc if they look as if they might come in handy
at a future date, and save them in a biscuit tin.

--
Frank Erskine

Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?


You might try a shop that caters for modellers. This is one in South Wales
and if they don't have the parts they may well know who does.

http://www.dragon-gscale.co.uk/

Peter Crosland

geoff wrote:

In message
,
D.M. Procida writes
Mike Dodd wrote:

Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?

Maplin

CPC

I did have a look at CPC earlier...

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/search/br...+1001409&Ntk=g
ensearch_003&Ntt=nylon+washer&Ntx=

Not that great a selection of nylon washers.

A search for "circlip" doesn't do too well either.

Maplin, sadly, seem to be mainly a radio-control helicopter shop
nowadays, while CPC head in that direction too.

There's always Orbital fasteners

http://www.orbitalfasteners.co.uk/pr...ng.php?id=2835

Thanks.

Daniele, do you think you could get yourself a sig sep ?

I don't usually use a .sig.

Daniele
--
http://vurt.org

In message
,
D.M. Procida writes
geoff wrote:

In message
,
D.M. Procida writes
Mike Dodd wrote:

Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?

Maplin

CPC

I did have a look at CPC earlier...

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/search/br...+1001409&Ntk=g
ensearch_003&Ntt=nylon+washer&Ntx=

Not that great a selection of nylon washers.

A search for "circlip" doesn't do too well either.

Maplin, sadly, seem to be mainly a radio-control helicopter shop
nowadays, while CPC head in that direction too.

There's always Orbital fasteners

http://www.orbitalfasteners.co.uk/pr...ng.php?id=2835

Thanks.

Daniele, do you think you could get yourself a sig sep ?

I don't usually use a .sig.

Its usenet convention - dash dash space

... and good manners


Daniele

so I don't have to delete your name each time

do it

--
geoff

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:07:05 +0000, D.M. Procida wrote:

Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?

I wouldn't, I'd dismantle some old equipment and keep the bits ;-)

--
John Stumbles

Who's *really* behind all these conspiracy theories?

In message , John
Stumbles writes
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:07:05 +0000, D.M. Procida wrote:

Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?

I wouldn't, I'd dismantle some old equipment and keep the bits ;-)

I've always done that

but I'm a bugger for buying stuff too

What are you doing posting at this hour john ?

You should be asleep or ****ed

I have Yullie collapsed across me and can't move and half a bottle of
fizzy to finish - that's my excuse



--
geoff

D.M. Procida wrote:
Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?

Daniele

Take a look at silverline, they do these sort of kits at minimal
prices. Or Screwfix do bigger kits at nearly 10x the price.


NT

"D.M. Procida" wrote in
message
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Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?

Well if Maplin seems to have gorn sarf...............you could go to

http://www.modern-screws.co.uk/

About 3 mins drive from me and been around for a loooooooooooooooong time,

D.M. Procida wrote:
Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair
some old equipment?

Try http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Multipacks/d160 and click on
'multipacks'.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

In article , Andrew Gabriel
wrote:
In article , "RW"
writes:

"D.M. Procida" wrote in
message
...
Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts -
nylon washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to
repair some old equipment?

Maplin

They did used to. Not anymore.

My local one does have 'assorted sizes' boxes of things like this - a bit
like Screwfix.

--
*It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

geoff wrote:


I don't usually use a .sig.

Its usenet convention - dash dash space

... and good manners

When I use a .signature, as in the post you just quoted, I use a
signature separator. When I don't use a .signature, I don't.

My name isn't my signature. It's my name.

Daniele

On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:53:42 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Maplin

They did used to. Not anymore.

My local one does have 'assorted sizes' boxes of things like this - a
bit like Screwfix.

But what quality? Maplin were always at the lower end of the quality range
for this sort of thing. Bit like using WD40 instead of the correct
lubricant or penetrating oil. B-)

--
Cheers
Dave.

Huge wrote:

When I use a .signature, as in the post you just quoted, I use a
signature separator. When I don't use a .signature, I don't.

My name isn't my signature. It's my name.

In this context, "signature" means something special - the fixed text you
always append to a post. And it's considered polite to seperate it from
the post with a special string "-- " (the space is significant) so
people's newsreaders can automatically remove it.

Yes, I know what a signature is and how it works. But I don't always use
a signature. My name is not part of my signature, and doesn't belong in
it, even when I have one.

While we're wallowing in egg-sucking territory, you might like to set
your news client to wrap text to a more convenient-for-other-people 72
columns.

Daniele

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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:53:42 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Maplin

They did used to. Not anymore.

My local one does have 'assorted sizes' boxes of things like this - a
bit like Screwfix.

But what quality? Maplin were always at the lower end of the quality
range for this sort of thing. Bit like using WD40 instead of the
correct lubricant or penetrating oil. B-)

IIRC, they were branded with one of those distributor names like
BlackSpur, Draper, etc - so likely to be variable in quality.

--
*Why is 'abbreviation' such a long word?

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article
,
D.M. Procida wrote:
Yes, I know what a signature is and how it works. But I don't always use
a signature. My name is not part of my signature, and doesn't belong in
it, even when I have one.

Err, isn't that just what a sig is? Many, of course, add extra
information. But you don't have to.

FWIW, my newsreader allows you to create an individual sig for each and
every newsgroup you subscribe to. So I could have just 'dave' if I wanted.

While we're wallowing in egg-sucking territory, you might like to set
your news client to wrap text to a more convenient-for-other-people 72
columns.

Looks fine here.

--
*Is there another word for synonym?

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Mike Dodd writes:
5 years ago, maybe, nowadays... mneh! (minor rant after
looking for some machine screws from there)

www.stagonset.co.uk are good for small quantities of
stainless steel fasteners. They seem to be quite happy to
put a couple each of machine screws, nuts and washers in
ziploc bags in a jiffy bag and post them. IIRC the postage
charges are sensible too. Better than having your house fill
up with boxes containing 98 spares of some odd size of screw
that you only need to replace once in a hundred years...

--
Jón Fairbairn
http://www.chaos.org.uk/~jf/Stuff-I-dont-want.html (updated 2008-04-26)

In message , Huge
writes
On 2009-01-01, D.M. Procida
wrote:
Huge wrote:

When I use a .signature, as in the post you just quoted, I use a
signature separator. When I don't use a .signature, I don't.

My name isn't my signature. It's my name.

In this context, "signature" means something special - the fixed text you
always append to a post. And it's considered polite to seperate it from
the post with a special string "-- " (the space is significant) so
people's newsreaders can automatically remove it.

Yes, I know what a signature is and how it works. But I don't always use
a signature. My name is not part of my signature, and doesn't belong in
it, even when I have one.

While we're wallowing in egg-sucking territory, you might like to set
your news client to wrap text to a more convenient-for-other-people 72
columns.

Suit yourself.

*plonk*

yeah - ****im


--
geoff

In message , Jon Fairbairn
writes
Mike Dodd writes:
5 years ago, maybe, nowadays... mneh! (minor rant after
looking for some machine screws from there)

www.stagonset.co.uk are good for small quantities of
stainless steel fasteners. They seem to be quite happy to
put a couple each of machine screws, nuts and washers in
ziploc bags in a jiffy bag and post them. IIRC the postage
charges are sensible too. Better than having your house fill
up with boxes containing 98 spares of some odd size of screw
that you only need to replace once in a hundred years...


It might be for Hyacinth, but personally, if I'm in the middle of a job,
I want to get it finished, not wait three days for something that you
may or may not be able to source online

I maintain a comprehensive stock of nuts screws washers and bolts (and
other punchlines) at work, but there's always something that needs a
non-standard component, so I salvage such bits when throwing equipment
out

--
geoff

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember
(D.M. Procida) saying
something like:

Where would you buy small quantities of particular small parts - nylon
washers, circlips, star washers, and that sort of thing, to repair some
old equipment?

In terms of what might be nearest and most convenient to you - find a
decent motor factors, not a Halfords or Johhny-go-brightly shop, a
factors that sells proper bits for owners to fettle their cars with
brake pads, suspension bits, bushes, oils, paints, etc. They will have
assortment boxes they can fish about in for you.