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Valued Member
United States
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If you know of a place that is selling dansco album screws cheaper than $5 for a set of two screws + $5 shipping, let me know.
But, that's really not the focus of this post because the above doesn't really exist. In a couple of my Danco's I guess I screwed them in too tight when adding/remove pages and I have a couple which were impossible to open without destroying those cheap aluminum screws. They strip really easily and trying to hold them with pliers destroys them quickly.
I was thinking about trying common hardware as a replacement instead of going the coin collecting supplies route but I don't know what they're called.
It looks like they need to be flat so the album cover can close flush. Needing to be flat and thin rules out many options I'm aware of.
Anyone know the name of what style these screw/bolt things these are so I can try and find cheaper replacements that are more rugged?
Also, any concern about types of metal used?
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Moderator
 United States
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Take the album with you to some place like Home Depot or Ace Hardware. John1  |
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United States
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@trent, can you please post a picture of an undamaged one? I'd be willing to bet that we can find something for you at mcmastercarr.com.
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United States
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I had some get stripped, but this happened with a new album I bought from Wizard and they were able to ship me replacements. I am not sure if you can order new posts and screws from them, as I am unable to find them on their website. However, it cannot hurt to ask. Otherwise, you could take them to a local hardware store and see if they can match them. |
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Valued Member
 United States
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@Spence Sure, here is an example.  These one pictured are for a 1" album. There's other album thicknesses like 3/4", 5/8". When I measured my 1" album, the thickness of the sum of pages that this bolt needed to cover was probably more like 7/8". I'm guessing thickness of the hole in the pages it would need to go through is about 3/16" |
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United States
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@Jbuck "Post" is what I was missing. Just googling 'post and screw' quickly leads me to believe this will be easier than I thought. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbil...91/204274861I think they're actually called: 'screw and binding post' sets. I've also seen another reference to 'sex bolts and binding barrels' Edited by trent
05/19/2023 5:22 pm
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United States
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Excellent!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They are aluminum for a reason (they don't rust) if you can't find what you are looking for I would suggest stainless steel which would be stronger that the aluminum
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Search for "binding post with screw" on Amazon. My wife buys them from there for her projects. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:
'sex bolts and binding barrels' trent, you've got my interest. Please tell us more! Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks DBM,
Learned something today.
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United States
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Edited by Dearborn
05/19/2023 10:56 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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We used to have an old-school hardware store down the street in the middle of town that had rows and rows and rows of drawered cases of every type of bolt, screw, fastener, etc. It had been in business since 1918. Pretty sure they would have had those, in several sizes. Run out of business by the big box stores. Became a pool hall two years ago.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Valued Member
Canada
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I've those screw and barrel nuts before......they used to be used in accounting books....specifically on books of collection letters from credit reporting agencies (you would register with a company they would give a book with forms of demand letters for receivable payments ....original copy to your non paying customer duplicate to credit reporting agency).....maybe Stationary Store or Staples?
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Brass dome philips head bolts and nutst of appropriate length would be OK, but
Dansco original replacements in brass would be best.
If in a major hardware store, ask for binder barrel bolt sets.
Office Works stores may also have them, or get them in for you.
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United States
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Please do tell us what you ended up getting.
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