Ron N said: Looks like $3.96 each at Fastenal. MSC has them at $91.56 per hundred. If you plan on doing more than one, less than 1/4 the price is worth mail order. I'll be ordering another box soon. Now if I could just find some neat looking cap nuts at a similar price. FWIW, I think standard acorn nuts are fairly ugly, and everything I've seen so far that wasn't has been over $4 each. Who is MSC? Below is a post I made in '05 on my first plate suspension set up. Current prices are socket screws for $3.54 ea and nickel plated acorn nuts for $10 per 50 pack from McMaster Carr, www.mcmaster.com <http://www.mcmaster.com/> . Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dean May Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 10:24 PM To: 'Pianotech' Subject: FW: hex socket bolts Here is my order to McMaster Carr for some hex socket screws along with some acorn nuts and washers. You should be able to click on the catalog number and open their web site for descriptions. I ordered hanger bolts as well, as this was my first endeavor at suspending a plate and I was chicken about the machine threads working in the wood. Ron N's encouragement helped me get over it. On the method for screwing them in, I used the appropriate hex driver chucked up in the cordless drill to run them in and out. When I first installed them I could not get the plate to lower over them, the bolts did not line up with the plate holes. I realized that the original screw holes were not all perpendicular and their angularity was causing the mis-alignment. The tops of the bolts were about 1" above where the center of plate hole at normal height would be. I simply ran the bolts down below where the surface of the plate would normally be, lowered the plate into position and then backed the bolts out through the holes. It worked. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 -----Original Message----- From: chi.sales at mcmaster.com [mailto:chi.sales at mcmaster.com] Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 5:25 PM To: deanmay at pianorebuilders.com Subject: Update about your order from 1/7/2005 <http://www.mcmaster.com> Go to www.mcmaster.com Order Date 01/07/2005 ORDER CONFIRMATION Confirmation Number 0107DMAY Includes Shipping Charges Order Placed By Dean May (deanmay at pianorebuilders.com) Shipping Billing Address Mark May Carpet 1704 Crawford St Terre Haute, IN 47803 Address Mark May Carpet 1704 Crawford St Terre Haute, IN 47803 Attention Dean Shipping Method Payment Method Ground Shipment <http://www.mcmaster.com/nav/enter.asp?pagetype=shipments> Details Visa (**** **** **** 5911) Products Line Quantity Part Number Description Unit Price Total Price Ships 1 10 Packs <http://www.mcmaster.com/nav/enter.asp?partnum=91375A638&pagenum=2910> 91375A638 Alloy Steel Cup Point Socket Set Screw 3/8"-16 Thread, 4" Length, Packs of 1 $2.75 $27.50 today 2 1 Pack <http://www.mcmaster.com/nav/enter.asp?partnum=90207A647&pagenum=2969> 90207A647 Zinc-Plated Steel Headless Hanger Screw 3/8"-16 Nut End, 5" Overall Length, Packs of 25 $14.83 $14.83 today 3 1 Pack <http://www.mcmaster.com/nav/enter.asp?partnum=90532A250&pagenum=3004> 90532A250 Nickel-Plated Steel Acorn Nut 3/8"-16 Screw Size, 9/16" Width, 5/8" Height, Packs of 50 $12.02 $12.02 today 4 10 Each <http://www.mcmaster.com/nav/enter.asp?partnum=93960A160&pagenum=2829> 93960A160 Nickel-Chrome Plated Steel Flat Washer 3/8" Screw Sz, 13/32" ID, 13/16" OD, 1/16" Thk $0.35 $3.50 today Merchandise $57.85 Shipping $4.75 Your credit card will be charged $62.60 Phone:(630) 834-9600 Fax:(630) 834-9427 Internet: <http://www.mcmaster.com> www.mcmaster.com E-mail: <mailto:chi.sales at mcmaster.com> chi.sales at mcmaster.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080618/982c2fd4/attachment-0001.html
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