Nylon screws and nuts, size M2. Where to buy? - Page 1
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author: AndersJ
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 18, 2019, 05:49:25 am
content: Where can M2 nylon screws and nuts be purchased?

author: TheUnnamedNewbie
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 18, 2019, 06:55:39 am
content: Farnell and RS? I know I have gotten M2 nylon screws from Farnell before... would be surprised if RS/Mouser/etc didn't have them too.

author: beanflying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 18, 2019, 07:03:13 am
content: Depending on if it is private or commercial use then Evilbay has M2 ,M2.5 and M3's in a reasonable range. The other place to look locally would be look at model aircraft or car shops if you have one locally.Personally if you want a bit of strength anything below M3 is pushing it as the bottom of the thread is getting very skinny.

author: Someone
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 18, 2019, 07:33:07 am
content: Quote from: beanflying on November 18, 2019, 07:03:13 amAlways a good suggestion for small and/or plastic fasteners. Screws/Fasteners seem to be one of the products that specialty shops can still base a business around, alongside bearings*. Try looking around your local industrial areas and you should find something of the old fashioned variety with counter sales. Even if they don't have it on hand lead times are usually reasonable if you buy a standard quantity. For items in stock pricing usually starts at single quantities! even for M2 or very cheap commodity sizes.* always funny that I haven't found a shop that does both, but they're always happy to refer to you another shop which is usually right across the road.

author: beanflying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 18, 2019, 07:37:30 am
content: The local R/C industry is about toast and those left are mainly box sellers not old school model shopsBeing able to drop down to the local haunt is a thing of history.Even for my the nearest even poor Electronics option is 200+km.

author: ormaaj
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 18, 2019, 09:52:48 am
content: Heh I was literally just shopping nylon or PTFE standoffs on Mouser a minute ago. Pretty sure I saw screws / nuts. All under "hardware".

author: jaromir
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 18, 2019, 02:57:27 pm
content: Quote from: AndersJ on November 18, 2019, 05:49:25 amI'm buying most of small hardware (nuts, bolts etc..) in TMEhttps://www.tme.eu/sk/en/katalog/fix-m2-nut-hexagonal-m2-polyamide-h-1-4mm-4mm/nuts/2fc3c8b49ccbe1d8a0f9d54baf0fb2fb.htmlhttps://www.tme.eu/sk/en/katalog/bolts/46dfdcebb7621453e3c2d981b96f80e1.html

author: Benta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2022, 08:23:12 pm
content: Quote from: beanflying on November 18, 2019, 07:37:30 amPlease educate us on your detailed knowledge of RC model shops in Sweden. It seems you are on the opposite side of the globe.Or is your flag wrong?

author: JDubU
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2022, 09:10:13 pm
content: https://www.amazon.se/s?k=m2+nylon+screws&crid=3FSBKFTKCQ81Z&sprefix=M2+nylon+screw%2Caps%2C227&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_2_14

author: beanflying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2022, 12:44:15 am
content: Quote from: Benta on November 20, 2022, 08:23:12 pmThis is the state of play across the globe like a lot of small speciality retail. Online large stores and Asian imports were under the import wholsale buy prices in a lot of cases. In one of my former mid life crisis I bought, sold and imported some R/C and Kites out of Europe, China and the USA commercially.And if you READ the flow of the thread I was replying to a fellow Aussie in the post above!

author: Stray Electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2022, 01:54:41 am
content: Quote from: AndersJ on November 18, 2019, 05:49:25 amHave you checked Ebay? I've been buying a lot of hardware from there lately. I'm sure that most of it is made in China but the quality seems to be good and the prices (including the shipping costs) are a bargain. In fact, I just needed some roofing nails to repair my roof and I couldn't get what I wanted (hot dipped galvanized) locally or on Amazon so I bought some from someone on Ebay!I don't know about Europe but almost all RC model aircraft hardware in the US is 2-56.

author: CountChocula
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 21, 2022, 02:50:45 am
content: Something likethis, perhaps? I have the M3 set and it seems pretty good. It includes screws, nuts, and standoffs.

author: beanflying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2022, 03:38:19 am
content: Quote from: Stray Electron on November 21, 2022, 01:54:41 amIt is still a real mix because Dubro is still such a strong player in the hardware side of it there is a 2-56 and 4-40 thing that is even around the Metric world. What has changed that a fair bit is most Helis and a lot of the cars are metric with their hardware.Personally even with an R/C background I would be off to AliX or evilbay for my needs. The initial suggestion was just a possible for local rapid source and people shouldn't read to much into it.