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   IMERC | Sep 16, 2003 04:33pm | #1

   I googled-  screws+copper  and got 117,000 hits.

    

   Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....

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   junkhound | Sep 16, 2003 11:51pm | #2

   It's Google, not ogle.

   methinks your screws+ term is what gave all the non-hardware (software?)hits!!! <G>

   following are all with the "  " in the search term, BTW, fasteners is the 'politically correct' hardware term. ?

   "copper screws" robertson  = 1 only hit for a phone jack

   "copper screws" philips  = 8 hits, none were hardware vendors

   "fasteners, copper" = 486 hits, mostly hardware manufacturers, most of the first few screens showed fastener mfg in India.

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   seeyou | Sep 17, 2003 12:38am | #3

   All the copper gutter hardware I use has brass screws or bolts. Don't know that I've ever seen a copper screw - probably too soft. You might be able to find bronze screws at a fancy hardware store.

   
   

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   Edited 9/16/2003 5:39:31 PM ET by greencu

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   Piffin | Sep 17, 2003 01:37am | #4

   Bronze or breass is what is usually used. Copper is too soft. I think bronze is a mix of copper, brass, and zinc. ????

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   caseyr | Sep 17, 2003 02:13am | #5

   Brass is copper and zinc, bronze is generally considered to be copper with up to 11% tin.  Neither of which should be used for casting anatomically correct monkeys in really cold climates...

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   wmtcarp | Sep 17, 2003 04:06am | #6

   Try McFeely's (http://www.mcfeelys.com) or a marine supply house.

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   mitch | Sep 17, 2003 05:25am | #7

   thomasregister.com   the thomas register is basically the directory for everything manufactured.  it can take awhile to find the right company but if somebody makes copper screws they're in there somewhere.

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   stug | Sep 17, 2003 04:55pm | #8

   Thanks to all who have responded to my search for copper screws, that is, fasteners. Im slogging through the possibilities, slowly.

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   tenpenny | Sep 17, 2003 05:07pm | #9

   I think you'll find copper is too soft; however, there are copper PLATED screws.  Just a quick ogle, I mean google, came up with at least one

   http://www.raindrains.com/prodcp.html

   I think I have seen small screws that are copper colored; I'm pretty sure they were plated.

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   PenobscotMan | Sep 17, 2003 05:19pm | #10

   Jamestown Supplies in Jamestown, RI is a good supplier of fastenings fro the marine trades. They have lots of bronze screws and are a very reliable mail order business. (They also have copper nails.)