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McMaster Carr. They have it all. As a maintenence dept we get anything from cleaning supplies, plumbing supplies, pneumatic supplies, safety supplies, some of our electrical supplies and much more from them.
Try to get a catalog from them however. It is a real catalog/reference book but many people cannot get them to send one. You cannot even buy the catalog from them. If you are on their list you will get them regularly for free. But if you are not, you will likely never get one free or paid. I sell my used ones one Ebay when I get a new one. Sold one a year ago for 100 bucks.

When I first saw the subject of this thread, I thought I was at the wrong forum

McM-C catalog policy: www.mcmaster.com/aboutus/catalogs.html Paper publishing is becoming expensive compared to web publishing, especially for 3500 pages. They might come up with a cdrom version eventually. Online search features get easier/more intuitive to use with experience, and are unfortunately becoming a default mode of product description.

AR, if you want to get thoroughly insane about FS-box grounding, add one of these to each 10-32 screw… [McM Cat No 95795A012] Teeth on both sides let you use washer as an insert between two adjustable pieces to maintain position after setting. Use for electrical bonding. www.mcmaster.com...washers&FT_138=6320




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Man I wish I got a percentage of the money we spend each year in that place.

Them and Grainger and MSC.

TW

The wife just got a gig working for Grainger, so I gotta back the home team. (WOO HOO! Good money & better bennies than I have! ) They still have a better overall supply of (regular) tools, motors, general equipment, fans & pumps (of course, fans and motors are what they started out with).

But when it comes to hard-to-find-ware such as weird screws, metal & plastic stock, and mecha-nickel type stuff, McM has 'em beat. The McM catalog always reminded me of the old hardware store in your hometown, as a kid, put on paper. (Pulleys, turnbuckles, and nails, oh my!) You can just imagine the old guy with the 1/2 glasses in the plaid flannel shirt, painter's jeans, and canvas nail apron (with a pencil behind his ear, of course) saying "Oh, you need a left-handed conduit stretcher? We got one in back, I think. Hold on a second" as he wanders off behind the bins full of roofing nails and the rack of conduit...

My MSC catalog has exactly that animal: except not in 10-32. They've got other thread patterns, but that's the one gaping hole. Maybe their customer service could put you in touch with the manufacturer: they may have one that didn't make the catalog.

McMaster-Carr, Grainger, MSC are all available on CD-Rom too.

Anybody ever go ga ga over a Newark In One catalog????

Several thousand pages of electronics parts!!

Newark's catalog is pretty amazing, as is the one from Digi-Key. They must kill a LOT of trees for that one, though. A new issue every month or so, and it has doubled in size in the last year or so. Last one is over 1300 pages, in much smaller type than the Newark catalog....

Greenlee has been touring the local supply house's and they have a kit to drill and tap in one shot. Then you install your screw. Not what you want but may be usefull.