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The mom and pop hardware stores just like the delis, family farms and pet stores are becoming a piece of American history. It's impossible to compete with the big box stores in terms of cost per square foot. When Home Depot buys 6-32 screws, they buy a train box car of them. Your local hardware store might carry a box of 100 if you are fortunate. It's not a matter of one being better than the other (my personal opinion is the mom & pop are ALWAYS better) but more a matter of plain economics. It's a sad state of affairs.
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Trust me, I know. We survive on service though.
Just the other day I spent a half hour putting training wheels on a bike for a customer's child. We help people put license plates on their cars, build things, and I can't count how many windows and screens I have repaired.
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The 3.5" hard-drives use a 6-32 screw around a 1/4" long.
The 2.5" Hard-drives, CD-Roms, Floppy Drives, use an M3 screw around 6mm long.
And you can probably find the 6-32 screws at a hardware store. Might need to snip the ends to length. Good luck on the M3 if you need them. Most hardware stores don't carry much smaller then M6.
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Trust me, I know. We survive on service though.
Just the other day I spent a half hour putting training wheels on a bike for a customer's child. We help people put license plates on their cars, build things, and I can't count how many windows and screens I have repaired. Jeff, same here. I can't believe how much stuff we do that has nothing to do with our business any more. Some we bill for, some as a courtesy. I'm one of those that sincerely believes it all comes back to you in the end. --Bill.
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