Good place to buy screws?

Trying to find these screws for my trampa rims but longer to connect to my bn gd. Any suggestions for a good deal?

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Boltdepot is good if you’re gonna buy a lot

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Mcmastercarr has anything you might need. A bit pricier, but quick shipping and good customer support

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I’ve given up on buying anything besides high quality graded hardware from reputable vendors like McMaster. Bad hardware is a liability, and mid-grade is a waste of time. Particularly for high-stress safety-critical applications like esk8, if you’re not buying graded hardware you’re asking for trouble.

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We have brick and mortar bolt shops in loads of locations here, and generally much cheaper than buying online.. any time i need a few bolts of a particular size i generally just buy a whole box… partly because i like having all the bolts and partly because i feel like i’m wasting their time when i ask for 8 bolts and the grand total is less than a dollar :joy:

plus the pricing per bolt for a box of bolts is generally around 50% cheaper than buying per bolt

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I personally use Amazon. Haven’t had any issues with the bolts I bought. :sweat_smile:

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same…

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Accu.co.uk is great. Here are their shipping rates for each country: https://www.accu.co.uk/order

I recently got some nuts from them. Grade 6 and 10 iirc. Couldn’t find higher grades in those sizes anywhere. I bought over 1k M5 and M6 locknuts for a cent a piece

(They supply cad models for pretty much everything)

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What material/grade you recommend? I see quite a few options on the site. Which i agree on the high grade seeing how the wheels attach to the gd.

Shipping rates are pretty bad to EU unfortunately but it is indeed quite cheap hardware

Although expensive, I also love McMaster-Carr and their fast shipping/parts availability. I also love their models available in CAD so I can drop them direct into Fusion files (unrelated)

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There’s actually an insert fastener feature in fusion, which is super convenient to use, I highly recommend trying that out. In case the fusion database wouldn’t have what you need there’s also an insert mcmaster component feature integrated, though I think the insert fastener feature is quicker to use.

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Yep I’ve used both and they are both good, but the vain part of me likes inserting the McMaster components because the threads are fully modeled and look :sparkles:prettier :sparkles: when you render it

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I only buy zinc-plated alloy steel hardware. Stainless is a waste of time. It’s way weaker, and even if the bolt doesn’t fail it’s likely to gall. Black-oxide alloy steel works fine and is cheaper, but it will rust if you whisper the word “moisture” anywhere near it.

Grade 12.9 is what I buy for metric hardware. For imperial hardware, grade 8 (they are not the same grading system, grade 8 is not 0.75x the strength of grade 12.9). McMaster makes this easier by just listing stuff as “low strength” “medium strength” and “high strength” with its relative grades.

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