<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I bought a couple of these collections in metal boxes years ago and am truly glad that I did. One is a machine screw, nut, washer set, the other was a general maintenance set.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a href="https://www.mcmaster.com/products/screws/fastener-kits~/">McMaster-Carr</a><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 8:13 AM Jim Franklin <<a href="mailto:jamesf@groupwbench.org">jamesf@groupwbench.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">2 years ago I sold my house and moved overseas, giving away my 25 year collection of assorted fateners. Now I need it back :-)   Other than asking the local classifieds/freecycle, any thoughts on how to amass a collection quickly? Yesterday I paid $1 each for M8 pan head screws to mount a TV and today I discovered the old washers are permanently affixed to the old short screws and I don't have any washers <hangs head>.<br>
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thanks,<br>
jim<br>
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