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Originally Posted by sanddrag
Attention to detail with fasteners is a big deal for us. Every fastener we use is specific to the application. It would be grossly impractical for us to pre-order anything. We try to standardize on 10-32 thread size, button head for most things and countersunk flat head for bearing blocks, but there are plenty of areas where 10-32 thread is not a good choice. We spec our fasteners, and order from McMaster when needed, and they show up a day or two later.
We do keep a lot on-hand, but it's all remnants from the above, and used primarily for prototyping and maintenance purposes.
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Disagree with that, we prestock a good selection of #10-32 and it saves us a bunch of time (and $$$ on shipping).
If we need something odd we didn't prestock, then we order. But you say stocking ANYTHING is grossly impractical is a huge hyperbole.