Local source for rack-mount screws?

Thu Jul 24 11:15:53 PDT 2003

If you want to head up to SF, I can give you a bag of about 41
screws.  I will need it replace.

Tim

On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 10:53:14AM -0700, David Wolfskill wrote:
> I'm trying to help out a small startup that's finishing up a move from
> a "carriage house" to real office space (barely) in Belmont -- east of
> the Bayshore freeway, between Hobee's & Jameco.
> 
> One of the things that's been "inherited" from some prior tenant(s)
> (who apparently went bust) is a couple of patch panels and a PBX in
> a 14U (24.5") wall-mounted rack.
> 
> I've added a bit of stuff to what's in the rack, but needed to
> cannibalize about half the existing screws from other equipment in
> the rack.  And I'm having a much harder-than-expected time of being able
> to buy a handful of additional screws -- thus this inquiry.
> 
> The screws that fit are:
> 
> * pan head
> * kind of a "hybrid slotted-Phillips" drive
> * 5/8" shank
> * 10-24 coarse thread
> * zinc-coated steel (though I don't really care about the finish).
> 
> I've checked:
> 
> * Empire Lumber (nearly next door)
> * the Jameco catalog
> * Ace hardware on Industrial Rd. in San Carlos
> * Home Depot in San Carlos
> 
> I *think* I checked San Mateo Electronics, but I wouldn't swear to it.
> 
> I had intended to check:
> 
> * Graybar (815 American, San Carlos) -- couldn't find them; phone
>   disconncted, no longer in service.
> * Danforth Screw Works (formerly on Industrial Rd. near Holly in San
>   Carlos) -- they now seem to be in Tracy.
> 
> One of my colleagues (who lives down in Santa Clara county) was
> going to check Weird Stuff and/or HSC, but that does not appear to have
> happened.  Since I live in Redwood City, I have some preference for
> someplace not too far off-track from "between" Redwood City and Belmont.
> (The concept of "between" starts getting fairly fuzzy when the universe
> of discussion is more complex than uni-dimensional....)
> 
> Thanks...!
> 
> Peace,
> david
> -- 
> David H. Wolfskill				david at catwhisker.org
> Based on what I have seen to date, the use of Microsoft products is not
> consistent with reliability.  I recommend FreeBSD for reliable systems.

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