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Who sells Black anodized screws locally (SoCal)?

post #1 of 7
4/27/10 at 12:54am
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I need some #8-32 x1" Truss Head (combo drive) black anodized screws. I found some on-line, but the shipping is twice the price.

I already went to Home Depot, who does not carry any black screws, period.
Does anyone know a local seller in SoCal? ACE Hardware maybe?
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post #2 of 7
4/27/10 at 1:00am
Try Lowes? Fastenal?
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post #3 of 7
4/27/10 at 8:36am
You're unlikely to find black anodized aluminum screws at any local hardware stores. Given the small-ish size you might have a better chance of finding it at a local mom and pop store . Did you give mcmaster-carr a try? They have a location in socal so you can order online and pick up (granted, you'll probably have to buy a 100 pack).
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post #4 of 7
4/27/10 at 8:43am
Best place I've found so far is Fastener Express - Socket Head Cap Screws, Metric Screws , Fasteners and Anodized Aluminum for the Hobby Industry.
The metric selection is pure fail but they have all the common imperial (~shiver~) sizes of black anodized socket head screws used on most popular cases.

EDIT: Didn't read your entire post... I don't think they have what you want sorry.
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post #5 of 7
4/27/10 at 10:19am
Wow, that's a pretty lackluster selection of metric parts. It gives you false hope by showing a huge selection of colors at first...sneaky.
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post #6 of 7
4/27/10 at 2:12pm
Try a bill's ace hardware I had some luck finding black anodised hex heads there..... the metric and imperial selection is pretty good....
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post #7 of 7
4/27/10 at 2:27pm
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UPDATE

Tried all kinds of local places, e.g. Hoyt, ACe, Home Depot, SoCal Bolt, Foothill Builder's Mart, Fastenal. Nobody carries them.

I ended up placing a special order with local Fastenal for the closest part they can order. Then I found out the cheaper ones on their catalogue were marked "anti-dumping" and cannot be sourced within U.S.

Ended up ordering more expensive stainless steel black ones to be hopefully available in a few days..

It's unbelievable how anyone can build anything with this kind of local availability. The Zinc colored screws would have looked terrible on my black subwoofer driver, and I was *this* close to giving up on the black screws. I guess I could have sanded down the zinc screw heads and spray painted them, but the paint would have come off with any more screwing/unscrewing..
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