Does anybody have a recommended source for buying things like t-nuts and metric fasteners?
I haven’t been able to find a single-source vendor on amazon that sells all of the bits I need, and I don’t want to pay for shipping from a bunch of different places.
Fastenall carries them but won’t sell to me unless I have an account, and also don’t sell in small-ish quantities. Home centers in my area only sell SAE fasteners, and no extrusion parts at all.
Thanks!
PS I’m in Edmonton, Canada
Grainger, McMaster-Carr and the various hardware stores should all have this sort of stuff — not sure about the availability and shipping to Canada though.
I’ve heard that McMaster-Carr won’t ship to Canada for some reason.
T-nuts and metric fasteners should be available at any decent hardware store, though pricing can hurt sometimes.
The only link we have from the Shapeoko wiki which might help is:
http://www.pacificfasteners.com/ — Burnaby, BC, Canada, locations in Vancouver, Toronto and Seattle
I use Misumi, great service!
MacMaster-Car wont deliver to Canada (unless you have an existing corporate account).
Misumi for me as well
Thanks for the tips!
I wanted to get things up and running on my machine so I just used regular machine screws, with the screw head sitting inside the extrusion.
There isn’t enough room for a washer, so it’s not the best solution, but good enough to hold down my wasteboard for now!
