I got some at Lee Valley---www.leevalley.com--they're called pyramid
head screws and Rockler carries them too. What I really wanted was
black, square- head screws with no slot (which would make them bolts, I
guess, but in small sizes)...I wasn't able to find them anywhere. All
the escutcheons on my house's interior doors are attached with them,
but the house was built in the 1920s.
"[email protected]" wrote:
>
> I got some at Lee Valley---www.leevalley.com--they're called pyramid
> head screws and Rockler carries them too. What I really wanted was
> black, square- head screws with no slot (which would make them bolts, I
> guess, but in small sizes)...I wasn't able to find them anywhere. All
> the escutcheons on my house's interior doors are attached with them,
> but the house was built in the 1920s.
Someone specializing in house restoration would probably be best chance
for more in the future. A lot of that kind of thing is salvaged and
resold but it tends to be pricey. A few folks make reproductions as
well. Being in the US I don't know where to point you in UK
specifically.
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>hey larry--you're right...but aren't lag screws sometimes called lag
>bolts, even though they don't thread into nuts?...by the way, you
>didn't grow up in Bethesda, did you--specifically Bannockburn?
>
Man, it's great to be told I'm right for a change! (lol) Well, sure
they are sometimes, probably most of the time, called lag bolts, most
call bolts that have a flat, phillips, or square drive "screws" and
anything with a hex, socket, or square head a bolt, and it's kind of a
pedantic distiction in my mind.
Didn't grow up in Bethesda BTW, though for a few years in the 70s I
lived in Takoma Park and Beltsville. The rest of my residence in
Maryland has been in Baltimore.
--
Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
[email protected]
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
<...snipped...>What I really wanted was
>black, square- head screws with no slot (which would make them bolts, I
>guess, but in small sizes)...
Just an off-topic note, (and it would be easier to remember if it was
the other way around) but a "bolt" threads into a "nut" and a "screw"
threads into a hole (possibly prethreaded) in a part.
--
Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
[email protected]
In article <[email protected]>,
"PGH13" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm in UK and looking for about 12 off No.6 or No.8 woodscrews 3/4 in
> or 1in long in a black finish to hold the hinges on an old looking
> piece of furniture. Can anyone suggest a supplier (or more suitable
> group in which to ask)?
>
> TIA - Peter
Try http://www.mcfeelys.com/
They're great people with fabulous products.
They might mail out such a small order.
Can't hurt to ask.
http://www.mcfeelys.com/subcat.asp?subcat=20.1.5.1
"PGH13" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm in UK and looking for about 12 off No.6 or No.8 woodscrews 3/4 in
> or 1in long in a black finish to hold the hinges on an old looking
> piece of furniture. Can anyone suggest a supplier (or more suitable
> group in which to ask)?
>
> TIA - Peter
>
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "PGH13" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I'm in UK and looking for about 12 off No.6 or No.8 woodscrews 3/4 in
>> or 1in long in a black finish to hold the hinges on an old looking
>> piece of furniture. Can anyone suggest a supplier (or more suitable
>> group in which to ask)?
>>
>> TIA - Peter
>
> Try http://www.mcfeelys.com/
> They're great people with fabulous products.
>
> They might mail out such a small order.
>
> Can't hurt to ask.
Thanks for the kind words, and indeed, we would ship them out - if we
stocked them. Alas, we don't, and a quick check of our suppliers offers no
help either.
Jim Ray, President
McFeely's Square Drive Screws
www.mcfeelys.com
US source, but this is the type of place you're looking for...restoration company. I couldn't get
the page to come up just now, but I would be surprised if they did not handle what you need. Must
be someplace similar on your side of the pond.
http://www.vandykes.com/
On 12 Sep 2005 05:39:29 -0700, "PGH13" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm in UK and looking for about 12 off No.6 or No.8 woodscrews 3/4 in
>or 1in long in a black finish to hold the hinges on an old looking
>piece of furniture. Can anyone suggest a supplier (or more suitable
>group in which to ask)?
>
>TIA - Peter