[Elecraft] Rusting Screws - McMaster Carr

[Don Wilhelm]

I have dealt with McMaster Carr for many years, and I regard them as my 
premier hardware supplier.  If I want only one, I will try to see if the 
local Ace Hardware has it, but if I want more than 1 or two, McMaster 
Carr is the "go to" place - certainly I may have to buy in quantities of 
10 or 100, but the price is right and the service in my location is 
"next day" for UPS ground shipping.   If it is screws, thimbles, brass 
rods, copper sheet, or most any other kind of hardware, that is the 
place to go IMHO.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/9/2011 12:41 PM, edeveloper_1 at yahoo.com wrote:
> Phil, a big thanks to you for this information!
>
> I do have stainless screws in my K3, but the black coating on several of them wasn't good from the beginning, and now 18 months later they have a pure-stainless appearance, though the rig has never left my NJ QTH. It was mildly bothersome as a purely cosmetic issue, but not worth pestering Elecraft about, given their incomparable service to me on other items.
>
> So I can now get 100 at a reasonable cost and replace those few and also stainless-ize my P3.
>
> I also discovered a number of other hard-to-find items at McMaster-Carr, too.