Plus you can find a fair collection of metric fasteners at almost any US hardware store, although if you want stainless steel, for example, you may need to order them from a web site that specializes in bicycle fasteners or other metric fasteners.
Rgards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
> Head on over to this web site and order a catalog... tons of fasteners,
SAE
> and Metric, steel, stainless, brass, plastic, aluminum, Ti.
>
> http://www.smallparts.com/
>
> Small Parts
>
> Bob Hovey
> Columbus GA
>
>
>
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> Don:
> Finding metric hardware in the States is impossible.
> What I hope to find is: chrome or stainless; metric then SAE; fine thread
> For nuts, I would like to find metric fine thread stand-off that I would
cut
> to short width for nuts. As you recall, a stand-off looks like a long hex
nut.
> For the bolt, if I can't find something that looks decent when trimmed to
fit
> as you have also suggessted, I hope to find metric fine thread socket head
> cap screws. Be OK if the head is too large because that would allow for
filing a
> flat. If the socket head is too small for a flat then, that's OK, I can
live
> with that. Just happy to have good threads.
>
> I hope some of our fellow European listers read this and perhaps will do
the
> kindness of finding the metric fine threads in their local hardware store.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Richard Cielec
> Chicago, Illinois