# Where can I get some tiny bolts/screws and nuts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-some-tiny-bolts-screws-and-nuts/443329>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 31, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-some-tiny-bolts-screws-and-nuts/443329 "2008-03-31T00:22:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-some-tiny-bolts-screws-and-nuts/443329/21 "2008-04-01T14:19:59Z")

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[QUOTE=Will Repair]  
Seconded. The older the Ace Hardware store the better. In my travels as a Street Mechanic I’ve always found, within any city, at least one store, with hardwood floors, dusty merchandise, and a collection of fasteners to die for.  
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Y’know summat?

Whenever I’m lucky enough to find one of these Olde Worlde stores I just love a good mooch around.

Some of the stuff found in these places is no longer manufactured…I actually found blotting paper last year in a place in Doncaster, Yorks.

And the added bonus was a thingy that the paper wrapped around in a semi-circle

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**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-some-tiny-bolts-screws-and-nuts/443329/22 "2008-04-01T14:43:39Z")

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[http://www.walthers.com/exec/search?quick=hob-bits&quicksrch\_butt.x=0&quicksrch\_butt.y=0](http://www.walthers.com/exec/search?quick=hob-bits&quicksrch_butt.x=0&quicksrch_butt.y=0)

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-some-tiny-bolts-screws-and-nuts/443329/23 "2008-04-01T14:54:08Z")

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[QUOTE=chorpler]  
I have tiny screws from eyeglass repair kits, but screws alone won’t do it – I need something to tighten down on the end of the screw to hold the glasses together. Hence, a tiny nut-and-bolt, or something along those lines. I’ll check Ace Hardware to see if they have some that are small enough.  
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Tiny nut-and-bolt assemblies are used to hold the lenses on some rimless (drill-mount) eyeglasses.

An eyeglass/sunglass place will have something that fits.

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**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-some-tiny-bolts-screws-and-nuts/443329/24 "2008-04-04T13:40:40Z")

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[QUOTE=chowder]

And the added bonus was a thingy that the paper wrapped around in a semi-circle  
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(cough cough) That would be a “blotter”. 😛

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