rfw2003 wrote on 07/16/12 at 17:08:08:Well I'm not sure exactly what Jog has right near him with him being only a county away from me, but here in TX we have Fastenal, Lowes, Home Depot, Ace Hardware, but my favorite are the local Mom and Pop type stores specifically Sulphur Springs Hardware, they actually have a better selection in stock then Fastenal does.
R.F.
There are 3 places here that are warehouses, not a little shop with bins. Walk in to the counter, talk to sales. they walk in the back & its full of shelves with boxes of all kinds of nuts & bolts, galvanized to stainless. I got a 3 foot piece of 3/8ths Stainless all thread for a whopping Three Dollars,,