dkeller_nc
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All - Never thought I'd post something like this, but I'm having trouble locating high-quality unplated slotted wood screws. I've been using a giant stash I inherited from my grandfather's workshop for the last 5 years or so, and I'm about out.
I find square-drive and phillips all over the 'net at the usual suspects like Rockler and McFeely's, and I can get really crappy zinc-plated soft slotted screws at the local hardware store, but nothing like the ones I'm used to that were made in the 1950s. I realize it may not be possible to find any additional stock that are the same quality, but I'd settle for un-plated, slotted, wood screw thread, and reasonably well hardened.
Any ideas?
I find square-drive and phillips all over the 'net at the usual suspects like Rockler and McFeely's, and I can get really crappy zinc-plated soft slotted screws at the local hardware store, but nothing like the ones I'm used to that were made in the 1950s. I realize it may not be possible to find any additional stock that are the same quality, but I'd settle for un-plated, slotted, wood screw thread, and reasonably well hardened.
Any ideas?