Years ago I picked up the habit (from my dad) of collecting miscellaneous bits of hardware from the things I was about to throw in the trash. After 30 or so years of doing this, I've got a nice jar of miscellaneous stuff:
I can't count the number of times this jar has saved me a trip to the hardware store. Why, just today I found this little guy:
Which, a few minutes later became a spacer for my pop rivet tool:
Good luck,
![20101227-06-tn.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.our7a.com%2Fimages%2F20101227-06-tn.jpg&hash=95cf0ebb46e92f5643f939a25b0703c4)
I can't count the number of times this jar has saved me a trip to the hardware store. Why, just today I found this little guy:
![20101227-07-tn.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.our7a.com%2Fimages%2F20101227-07-tn.jpg&hash=834f252862b3a70ac1ccf6d8efc807e7)
Which, a few minutes later became a spacer for my pop rivet tool:
![20101227-08-tn.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.our7a.com%2Fimages%2F20101227-08-tn.jpg&hash=b9e2abc01b683149d53a41a0706b769b)
Good luck,