What? No Ace or True Value or Auberchon's? Wow. You must be in the boonies.
-John
Jumpmaster wrote:
> --- "J. Forster" <jfor@onemain.com> wrote:
> > Go to your local hardware store and buy one of each
> > size and thread bolt between 1/4" and 1/2" , english
> > and metric if requires, and write the size on each.
> > Presto, instant thread guage for about $2.
>
> Gee, why didn't I think of that? Good idea, but we
> don't have any *real* hardware stores around here. We
> have a Lowe's and they like to sell the bolts in odd
> bundles of 3. Lovely. Also, they don't carry certain
> sizes...if you want a size in between (like a 32nd
> size), you're out of luck. IIRC, they have only
> (around this size) 1/4", 3/8", 7/16"...For some
> reason, I don't recall 5/16"...probably would've tried
> those if they had them. :-( Maybe they were just out
> of them, but I didn't see a place for them to be
> stocked...
>
> Thanks for the tip. If I lived around someplace where
> they didn't charge $2.50 for 3 bolts, I'd try that...a
> thread gauge would be cheaper probably...not sure...
>
> T. Bloxom
> 1985 M1009 CUCV
>
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