where to get hardware

yan101 · March 16th, 2013, 10:25

I would like to know if someone know where to get the basic hardware for the airsoft.
I got a used gun and there are a couple of missing screws, nuts, pin...
At first I tried a couple of screw I have at work (I fix industrial printer and insertion machin) but no good fit.
So where do you guys get your hardware? (I assume you don't get them directly deliver from airsoft maker)

Juke16 · March 16th, 2013, 10:52

Screws, nuts, pins... Have you tried Home Depot or Home Hardware, I don't think many manufacturers use proprietary screws or pins.

nichtessen · March 16th, 2013, 11:36

Most of the screws I've need found at HomeDepot not in the main section but in the small rotating shelfs they have.

lurkingknight · March 16th, 2013, 12:06

you need a fastener supply store... airsoft uses a lot of metric machine screws and nuts

Rusty Lugnuts · March 16th, 2013, 12:25

I have found that most of my guns use m(metric)3 and m4 threads - so i bought a selection of machine screws in those sizes from 10 to 22 mm long and i usually have the one i need. Got mine at home hardware

cetane · March 16th, 2013, 12:39

i've sourced all my metric screw stuff from mcmaster-carr but i believe they have recently cut off all international orders due to customs/duty crap. i don't like that

ThunderCactus · March 16th, 2013, 13:14

Problem is most local hardware stores are all imperial
Need to look at industrial suppliers like fastenal or acklands

yan101 · March 16th, 2013, 13:24

nice, Fastenal is 10 minutes from my place!

Gunny_McSmith · March 17th, 2013, 00:39

Rc shops should have alp the metric screws yOu need!

darkshift · March 21st, 2013, 14:31

Go to Home Depot, they carry almost every single type of imperial bolts, nuts, and screws in metric as well.

ShelledPants · March 21st, 2013, 14:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by cetane

i've sourced all my metric screw stuff from mcmaster-carr but i believe they have recently cut off all international orders due to customs/duty crap. i don't like that

This, everything.

horto · March 21st, 2013, 14:37

Related - I'm constantly in need of missing m4 (aeg) pistol grip screws. anyone know what size those are?

Solo36 · March 21st, 2013, 15:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by horto

Related - I'm constantly in need of missing m4 (aeg) pistol grip screws. anyone know what size those are?

I might have some laying around if your interested.

ILLusion · March 21st, 2013, 15:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by horto

Related - I'm constantly in need of missing m4 (aeg) pistol grip screws. anyone know what size those are?

They're the same size as computer case screws. I've used computer screws in a pinch on many occassions.

Dimitri · March 21st, 2013, 15:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by cetane

i've sourced all my metric screw stuff from mcmaster-carr but i believe they have recently cut off all international orders due to customs/duty crap. i don't like that

Nope, it's been this way since at least 2006 unless you were already a established customer with "significant" sales, except their method of determining significant sales makes no sense to any one but them.

All due to "exporting liability" ... aka McMaster's lawyers woke up one day and decided that a screw is suddenly covered under ITAR. Mind you the rest of McMaster's business practices are not that much better either.

Fastenal can take my money.

Dimitri

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March 16th, 2013, 10:25	#1
yan101 Trader rating Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: monteal	where to get hardware I would like to know if someone know where to get the basic hardware for the airsoft. I got a used gun and there are a couple of missing screws, nuts, pin... At first I tried a couple of screw I have at work (I fix industrial printer and insertion machin) but no good fit. So where do you guys get your hardware? (I assume you don't get them directly deliver from airsoft maker)

March 16th, 2013, 11:36	#3
nichtessen Trader rating Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Mississauga	Most of the screws I've need found at HomeDepot not in the main section but in the small rotating shelfs they have. __________________ *“the kingdom of God is within man”, not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people, have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness!*

March 16th, 2013, 12:06	#4
lurkingknight "bb bukakke" KING! Trader rating Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Ottawa	you need a fastener supply store... airsoft uses a lot of metric machine screws and nuts __________________ I futz with V2s, V3s and V6s. I could be wrong... but probably, most likely not, as far as I know.

March 16th, 2013, 10:52	#2
Juke16 Trader rating Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Toronto	Screws, nuts, pins... Have you tried Home Depot or Home Hardware, I don't think many manufacturers use proprietary screws or pins.

March 16th, 2013, 12:25	#5
Rusty Lugnuts Fainting Goat, Dictator of Quinte West Trader rating Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Cobourg Ontario	I have found that most of my guns use m(metric)3 and m4 threads - so i bought a selection of machine screws in those sizes from 10 to 22 mm long and i usually have the one i need. Got mine at home hardware

March 16th, 2013, 12:39	#6
cetane Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Markham & Stouffville - Ontario - Canada	i've sourced all my metric screw stuff from mcmaster-carr but i believe they have recently cut off all international orders due to customs/duty crap. i don't like that

March 16th, 2013, 13:14	#7
ThunderCactus Not Eye Safe, Pretty Boy Maximus on the field take his picture! Trader rating Join Date: Feb 2007	Problem is most local hardware stores are all imperial Need to look at industrial suppliers like fastenal or acklands

March 16th, 2013, 13:24	#8
yan101 Trader rating Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: monteal	nice, Fastenal is 10 minutes from my place!

March 17th, 2013, 00:39	#9
Gunny_McSmith a.k.a. Palucol Trader rating Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: MTL	Rc shops should have alp the metric screws yOu need! __________________

March 21st, 2013, 14:31	#10
darkshift Trader rating Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Waterloo, Ontario	Go to Home Depot, they carry almost every single type of imperial bolts, nuts, and screws in metric as well.

March 21st, 2013, 14:37	#12
horto Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto	Related - I'm constantly in need of missing m4 (aeg) pistol grip screws. anyone know what size those are? __________________ H-61 "Acta non verba" They see us rollin, they hatin... Last edited by horto; March 21st, 2013 at 14:53..

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