Thread: Nylon Fasteners
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Old 12-31-2013, 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by monocus View Post
make it yourself with a tap and die set
considering I don't have a tap and die and would still have to source raw nylon rod, I am probably just buying the finished product.

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Originally Posted by The Grizz View Post
Have you checked with the hobby shops out there?
I would be more along the lines of industrial supplies, looking for something fairly substantial.

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Originally Posted by mike31154 View Post
+1. Not sure what size you need, but even here in lowly Vernon a hobby shop had some tiny nylon screws that I used to fasten my LED multi-chips to their heat sinks. As far as the larger screws, I have to go to Home Depot in Kelowna, ours here doesn't stock them.
looking for something at least maybe 1/4 inch in diameter. what I want to do is drill holes in my live rock and use the threaded rod as feet essentially so that I don't have to bury my rock in three inches of substrate.
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