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274850 Peeto <poobel@s...> 2021‑12‑03 GIT (Galoot in Training)
A larval galoot, aspiring someday to Full Galoolthood, I salute you from the
furthest western regions of the Great White North. I have worked in wood for
many years, recently - for reasons of sentiment, compact workspace, as well as
the dust and machine noise that troubleth my much better half - I have turned to
hand toolery.

My question is this - looking for a source of #3 brass screws for my box hinges.
Lee Valley used to carry them, I understand, but alas, no longer. Brusso makes
lovely little hinges and of course include screws in the package. But by the
time I ruin one and the Tomtens living in the shavings under my bench make off
with the other two I inevitably drop …  you can see where this is going.

Ideally, it would be Robertson, Phillips in a pinch. Common is the cabinet
maker’s standard but at the bottom of my list.

Thank you for your consideration, kind Galoots. 

Any advice very much appreciated. 

Pete
274851 John M. Johnston <jmjhnstn@m...> 2021‑12‑03 Re: GIT (Galoot in Training)
‘Lo Pete,

https://www.boltdepot.com/  You can get anything you want.

When using brass screws on anything, I use a same size steel screw first, then
remove and install the brass screw.

Cheers,
John


John M. Johnston

“P.S. If you do not receive this, of course it must have been miscarried;
therefore I beg you to write and let me know.” - Sir Boyle Roche, M.P.


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Subject: [oldtools] GIT (Galoot in Training)

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A larval galoot, aspiring someday to Full Galoolthood, I salute you from the
furthest western regions of the Great White North. I have worked in wood for
many years, recently - for reasons of sentiment, compact workspace, as well as
the dust and machine noise that troubleth my much better half - I have turned to
hand toolery.

My question is this - looking for a source of #3 brass screws for my box hinges.
Lee Valley used to carry them, I understand, but alas, no longer. Brusso makes
lovely little hinges and of course include screws in the package. But by the
time I ruin one and the Tomtens living in the shavings under my bench make off
with the other two I inevitably drop …  you can see where this is going.

Ideally, it would be Robertson, Phillips in a pinch. Common is the cabinet
maker’s standard but at the bottom of my list.

Thank you for your consideration, kind Galoots.

Any advice very much appreciated.

Pete
274852 gtgrouch@r... 2021‑12‑03 Re: GIT (Galoot in Training)
. . . I use a same size steel screw first, the remove and install the
brass screw.

Those sound like words of wisdom, painfully earned. 

Gary Katsanis
Albion New York, USA

	-----------------------------------------From: "John M. Johnston" 
To: "poobel@s...", "oldtools@g..."
Cc: 
Sent: Friday December 3 2021 6:14:50AM
Subject: Re: [oldtools] GIT (Galoot in Training)

 ‘Lo Pete,

https://www.boltdepot.com/ [1] You can get anything you want.

 When using brass screws on anything, I use a same size steel screw
first, then remove and install the brass screw.

 Cheers,
 John

 John M. Johnston

 “P.S. If you do not receive this, of course it must have been
miscarried; therefore I beg you to write and let me know.” - Sir
Boyle Roche, M.P.

 ________________________________
 From: oldtools@g...  on behalf of Peeto via groups.io 
 Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2021 11:34:16 PM
 To: oldtools@g... 
 Subject: [oldtools] GIT (Galoot in Training)

 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do
not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender
and trust the content is safe.

 A larval galoot, aspiring someday to Full Galoolthood, I salute you
from the furthest western regions of the Great White North. I have
worked in wood for many years, recently - for reasons of sentiment,
compact workspace, as well as the dust and machine noise that
troubleth my much better half - I have turned to hand toolery.

 My question is this - looking for a source of #3 brass screws for my
box hinges. Lee Valley used to carry them, I understand, but alas, no
longer. Brusso makes lovely little hinges and of course include screws
in the package. But by the time I ruin one and the Tomtens living in
the shavings under my bench make off with the other two I inevitably
drop … you can see where this is going.

 Ideally, it would be Robertson, Phillips in a pinch. Common is the
cabinet maker’s standard but at the bottom of my list.

 Thank you for your consideration, kind Galoots.

 Any advice very much appreciated.

 Pete

 



Links:
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[1] https://www.boltdepot.com/
[2] https://groups.io/g/oldtools/unsub
274853 Tom S <twschmutz1@g...> 2021‑12‑03 Re: GIT (Galoot in Training)
Finest selection of all kinds of screws!

https://www.mcfeelys.com/
274854 Don Schwartz <dks@t...> 2021‑12‑03 Re: GIT (Galoot in Training)
Yes. This method can save considerable trouble. In addition, I apply a 
bit of paraffin to both screws before inserting.

Don

On 2021-12-03 4:42 a.m., gtgrouch@r... wrote:
> . . . I use a same size steel screw first, the remove and install the
> brass screw.
>
> Those sound like words of wisdom, painfully earned.
>
> Gary Katsanis
> Albion New York, USA
>
> 	-----------------------------------------From: "John M. Johnston"
> To: "poobel@s...", "oldtools@g..."
> Cc:
> Sent: Friday December 3 2021 6:14:50AM
> Subject: Re: [oldtools] GIT (Galoot in Training)
>
>   ‘Lo Pete,
>
> https://www.boltdepot.com/ [1] You can get anything you want.
>
>   When using brass screws on anything, I use a same size steel screw
> first, then remove and install the brass screw.
>
>   Cheers,
>   John
>
>   John M. Johnston
>
>   “P.S. If you do not receive this, of course it must have been
> miscarried; therefore I beg you to write and let me know.” - Sir
> Boyle Roche, M.P.
>
>   ________________________________
>   From: oldtools@g...  on behalf of Peeto via groups.io
>   Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2021 11:34:16 PM
>   To: oldtools@g...
>   Subject: [oldtools] GIT (Galoot in Training)
>
>   CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do
> not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender
> and trust the content is safe.
>
>   A larval galoot, aspiring someday to Full Galoolthood, I salute you
> from the furthest western regions of the Great White North. I have
> worked in wood for many years, recently - for reasons of sentiment,
> compact workspace, as well as the dust and machine noise that
> troubleth my much better half - I have turned to hand toolery.
>
>   My question is this - looking for a source of #3 brass screws for my
> box hinges. Lee Valley used to carry them, I understand, but alas, no
> longer. Brusso makes lovely little hinges and of course include screws
> in the package. But by the time I ruin one and the Tomtens living in
> the shavings under my bench make off with the other two I inevitably
> drop … you can see where this is going.
>
>   Ideally, it would be Robertson, Phillips in a pinch. Common is the
> cabinet maker’s standard but at the bottom of my list.
>
>   Thank you for your consideration, kind Galoots.
>
>   Any advice very much appreciated.
>
>   Pete
>
>   
>
>
>
> Links:
> ------
> [1] https://www.boltdepot.com/
> [2] https://groups.io/g/oldtools/unsub
>
>
>
> 
>
>

-- 
Buy less. Buy Canadian.

“Everyone knows the river will swell, but they always find money for floods” ––
Joan Baez
274855 Don Schwartz <dks@t...> 2021‑12‑03 Re: GIT (Galoot in Training)
I default to Bolt Supply House here in the Great White North.

https://www.boltsupply.com/locations

For really small stuff, I go to shops that specialize in supplies for 
model railroaders and such.

FWIW
Don

On 2021-12-03 4:14 a.m., John M. Johnston wrote:
> ‘Lo Pete,
>
> https://www.boltdepot.com/  You can get anything you want.
>
> When using brass screws on anything, I use a same size steel screw first, then
remove and install the brass screw.
>
> Cheers,
> John
>
>
> John M. Johnston
>
> “P.S. If you do not receive this, of course it must have been miscarried;
therefore I beg you to write and let me know.” - Sir Boyle Roche, M.P.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: oldtools@g...  on behalf of Peeto via groups.io

> Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2021 11:34:16 PM
> To: oldtools@g... 
> Subject: [oldtools] GIT (Galoot in Training)
>
> CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click
links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and trust the content
is safe.
>
>
> A larval galoot, aspiring someday to Full Galoolthood, I salute you from the
furthest western regions of the Great White North. I have worked in wood for
many years, recently - for reasons of sentiment, compact workspace, as well as
the dust and machine noise that troubleth my much better half - I have turned to
hand toolery.
>
> My question is this - looking for a source of #3 brass screws for my box
hinges. Lee Valley used to carry them, I understand, but alas, no longer. Brusso
makes lovely little hinges and of course include screws in the package. But by
the time I ruin one and the Tomtens living in the shavings under my bench make
off with the other two I inevitably drop …  you can see where this is going.
>
> Ideally, it would be Robertson, Phillips in a pinch. Common is the cabinet
maker’s standard but at the bottom of my list.
>
> Thank you for your consideration, kind Galoots.
>
> Any advice very much appreciated.
>
> Pete
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 
>
>

-- 
Buy less. Buy Canadian.

“Everyone knows the river will swell, but they always find money for floods” ––
Joan Baez
274856 scritch <capeflattery@c...> 2021‑12‑03 Re: GIT (Galoot in Training)
Some kind of lube is really important (especially) for modern brass.  I keep a
ring of toilet wax.  It lubes well for screws and is really sticky so it doesn't
fall off of the screw before it hits the hole.
274862 Kevin Foley <kevin.foley.135@g...> 2021‑12‑04 Re: GIT (Galoot in Training) turning to yammering about trying to get fasteners
I needed two #4 x 1/2” slotted flat head brass wood screws.  Home Depot had a
pack of 7 available online only.  $1.28 +.08 tax for a total of a $1.36 and free
shipping???.  I received (some of) them today. They were shipped UPS in a thin
plastic envelope which had a large hole abraded through it. The small plastic
bag holding the original 7 screws was also shredded.  One screw remained in what
is left of the original package, three more were loose in what remained of the
shipping envelope so needing two and getting four of anything for well under two
bucks is a qualified win but I’ll leave it to the reader to decide if this is a
warning or a recommendation. At any rate it is a weird way to do business.

By comparison, I made a similar purchase a month or so ago from McMaster — steel
#3 screws.  Again, I needed a small number but had to buy 50 or 100.  Over $10
with shipping.  The quality of the product was sad but the shipping was fast.
McMaster stuff always arrives the next day.

Looking for a 8-32 x 2” slotted flat head machines screw I found it online at
Lowe’s and the site said it’s available at my local store.  I went there, I
couldn’t find it, the sales help couldn’t find it.  I went home.  Back to the
website again and it says 9 packs available.  So I order online for in-store
pick-up.  A few hours later I get an e-mail that my order is ready and is in a
pick-up locker at the front of the store.  I return to the store. A scanner
reads the code from my phone and a door pops open.  In it I find a pack that at
one time was a pack of six but someone poked a hole in it and reduced the number
to four (very common at this store).  And the screws were a hybrid head — both
phillips and slotted. They don’t work for my somewhat antique-y project.  The
part number matched because the manufacturer supplies hybrids and uses the same
number for phillips head and slotted screws.  Gaaahhh!

Cheers from VA where the sunset was beautiful but it was at 4:45, 

Kevin

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