Home Depot 1/4" Lag Screw

[krw]

I've been in two that were quite good (both in the Poughkeepsie NY area). All others have been pretty unremarkable.

[Lew Hodgett]

What does a purchasing co-op have to do with the quality of an individual store?

Lew

[Leon]

Well yes actually. Wood with wider growth rings as oppose to narrower more compact gowth rings, which were more available many years back, may yield different results today.

Because the

[JoeSpareBedroom]

A pretty high percentage of ALL small businesses fail, and it's not always because of competition. Why should hardware stores be any different?

[J. Clarke]

Won't that be reflected in the density though?

[krw]

Sure, but that's another issue. I was happy when HD came to town. It made the local lumber yards (2) and Ace Hardware look like the pitiful places they were (yes, a HD was nice in comparison). The three went out of business shortly. Good riddance. AIUI two Lowes are opening up in the area now. I much prefer Lowes, but shop at both.

[Leon]

Oh no.... not at all.

[J. Clarke]

You're sure?

[jaymelone]

jaymelone had written this in response to

: Guys, just like you wouldn't buy a water heater from Home Depot, I wouldn't recommend their hardware, either. The quality is sub-standard and pricing is through the roof.

I'm opening a site online where you'll be able to find any fastener in any material for any job. We'll also have some pretty cool features to help you plan your projects and buy the right stuff, and the right amount, too! We'll even help you contractors out there engage with and grow your customer base. We have a lot in the works.

I'll write up a new post once the site is up and give you all the address. I'd even appreciate a few of you helping me test the site out. I'll definitely make it worth your while.

In the meantime, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

Jay

-- FastenSoft, LLC

J> I tightened up a 1/4" lag screw that I bought from Home Depot

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[Jon Danniken]

You're not only a SPAMMING shill for the SUCKO company, you're now going to further SPAM this group with your own SPAM?

Do us all a favor and go play in the freeway.

Jon

[basilisk]

:

I have an immediate need for 5 beryllium copper, 1" x 16" allen head capscrews, 8tpi, with left hand, double lead buttress threads, polished to a surface finish of

50nm and having a total indicated runout of .0002" and some plastic wing nuts for same. :)

basilisk

[basilisk]

I'll bet you would have made me a good deal, story of my life.

basilisk

[Nonny]

FWIW, my neighbor asked me and another neighbor to hang her new LCD TV set, using an arm bracket. Without going into detail, we needed (4) 1/4" X 6" lags to get the job done really solid. I sized the pilot hole myself, using the MK22 eyeball device in my head, and by the way, the hole was drilled with a 5" long bit.

2 of the blasted things torqued off, meaning that we had to adjust the height of the bracket to remount it. They are a POS and it'll be a cold day in Hades before I use anything like that in a project.

[Ed Pawlowski]

They are 79¢ at Home Depot, but I think the Lowes 35 mile up the road has them for only 77¢ so take the trip to find out for sure before you buy and waste money.

[Andrew Barss]

Try Ace Hardware. Much higher quality, and often cheaper.

-- Andy Barss

[Lee Michaels]

Those Ace Hardware stores are independently owned and operated. The prices, selection and service varies widely from location to location.

I have two close to me. The one that has been there forever has an extensive selection of fasteners, cheaper than big box stores and much better quality. The one that opened recently has less selection, surly help and more expensive prices.

Guess which one I go to.

A case in point. I needed some deck screws recently to do a fence repair. The BORG only had the deck screws in those expensive little boxes. And they did not have the sizes I needed either. And they were quite expensive as well. I went to the Ace Hardware, got three different sizes of deck screws from the bulk bins and paid for a pound of fasteners.

And their deck screws are tough little bastards too. I have used them for several repairs. I probably saved at least $20 over Home Depot prices on this job alone. And as been pointed out elsewhere recently, there is no telling what kind of quality you get when paying the big bucks at the BORG.

[Steve B]

Ace has consistently had the highest prices for any item you can mention, unless it's on the clearance rack, and then, it's just under what the other stores sell it for every day. Surely you jest.

Steve

[Andrew Barss]

:> Try Ace Hardware. Much higher quality, and often cheaper. :>

:> -- Andy Barss

: Ace has consistently had the highest prices for any item you can mention, : unless it's on the clearance rack, and then, it's just under what the other : stores sell it for every day. Surely you jest.

They're independently owned and managed, and may be different where you are. Here (Southern AZ), I have one a couple miles away which has a pretty deep stock of decent hardware (grade 5 included), along with a billion things you'd never find at HD or Lowe's (cotter pins, motor shaft keys, brushes for electric motors,...). if I need something really obscure, there's one about 6 miles away which is enormous, and has pretty much anything I've ever needed that isn't made of a strange metal.

Both have nice, quite knowledgable staff.

And the prices are, for all the items I have compared anyway, cheaper than HD for better stuff. No kidding.

-- Andy Barss

[Mark & Juanita]

Is that the one on Grant Road?

Where is the other one? There's one up here off Cortaro Road, but it is one of the newer, more "boutique" types, not a lot of obscure stuff.

[Martin H. Eastburn]

I miss the TIN Barn that moved out. It had a fantastic nut and bolt selection. a set of trays that was 5' x 80'. You want what? - down there after stainless and before xxxx.

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