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Author Topic: Looking for a screw Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 05-25-2011 04:32 PM                     I need a few hundred of these and refuse to pay Dell or other suppliers upwards of $3 each for a damned hard drive screw. Dell part number WN322. 6-32 thread, 5/32" dia. X 1/8" len. shoulder, 3/16" len. thread Found a very close match here, but would prefer a screw with a Phillips head although it's not a deal breaker. Suggestions? No phone calls, please.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 05-25-2011 05:03 PM                     I do some side work for a buddy of mine who deals in used computers and I may be able to get you quite a few. He has a huge box full of various screws including what you're looking for. He'll probably be willing to see them by the pound. I'll check with him tomorrow.  |  IP: Logged Chase Pickett Expert Film Handler Posts: 142 From: Irving, Texas, USA Registered: Nov 2010 posted 05-25-2011 05:37 PM                     Look Here  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-25-2011 07:05 PM                     Teaser Title!  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 05-25-2011 07:22 PM                        Yeah! Fooled me! Seriously: McMaster-Carr, Chicago. Louis  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 05-25-2011 10:21 PM                     The screws from McMaster-Carr are $2 each.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 05-26-2011 12:53 AM                     Adam, are you sure that's the quantity price? And not the per-each price? If you are ordering a few hundred you should be able to get them down to under $1 each. (Especially since the ones you linked are stainless and around $0.58 each in 200 lot). This is something where a call to your local McMaster-Carr can get you the right price, as the sales reps can get quantity pricing that wouldn't show up on web orders. I think you won't find them much cheaper than $1.00 each from most vendors. Or it might even be cheaper to order them in 500 or 1,000 piece quantity...and then sell the rest on eBay.  |  IP: Logged

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