I Love all sorts of Hardware!

[@justafanmarvel9669]

I watch the video, read some of the comments and realize we are all the same. I literally just finished going through my "screw" collection last week... the wife of course thought i was crazy as I sat at the kitchen table organizing and sorting my inheritance into their vintage 1950's birdseed jars, pasted onto me from my grandfather filled with hardware dating back to the turn of last century. Everyone somehow important and precious to me and not one can be discarded on the off chance that I will be in desperate need of a vintage slotted screw or an antique masonry nail to finish a project. Seeing this did not make me feel less crazy but it did make me feel good to know i have company. Thank you for that.

[@ScoutCrafter]

JM We are all seriously one big family here! I bet we have tons in common!! Thanks!!

[@justafanmarvel9669]

@@ScoutCrafter that is so true and well said

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

I love you

[@mrbenmall]

When I was a kid, I went to visit my Dad's hometown in Kansas. We visited the hardware store with it's wooden floors spinning nail bin and shelves to the ceiling. It even had a great smell about the place. I remember coming home and buying graph paper so I could layout a hardware store that I was going to own one day. Yes I love hardware. I love hardware the way I love the smell of apple and cinnamon or the sound of a mower in the distance on a Spring day. Nice video.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Ben! Ever since I was a kid I was in love with Hardware stores... I still am! There are a few old fashioned hardware stores that I visit every time I am in the area! Next time I'm upstate I will film one of them! Thanks Ben!

[@TheLoxxxton]

Old fashioned hardware stores are so cool. I have one near me and you can buy literally one nail or one screw. Take away in a brown paper bag. It also sells all weird dodads and whatnots for tilly lamps and carbide lamps and such

[@jill552]

I think you have the lyrics to a new song. 🎶

[@terryhill6380]

Sadly the old hardware store with the squeaky wooden floor in my town closed. They new every one by first name and helped you find everything because they were the only ones who knew where everything was in the maze of shelves and displays

[@MartinPaulsen87]

A bit late I know, but did you ever open that hardware store? :)

[@jerrybowen1635]

Thankyou! Thankyou!! I'm showing this to my wife so she will see that this is normal!

[@ScoutCrafter]

I've got your back Jerry!!!! =D

[@robertfairburn9979]

Dude this is not normal behavior, however I just tell my wife my weirdness makes me unique.

[@tonylenge424]

It won,t help. We are all crazy!

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

Your collection seems to sit comfortably between copious & modest- modestly copious(well, what you had time to show)- I'm afraid I've gone too far. I've found the further back(in decades)you curate hardware from, the more jewl-like and satisfying these humble bits of metal are. The converse also being true. Also the derivations, variations as well as evolving designs in hardware can be interesting to compare!

[@scroungasworkshop4663]

Wow Scout you are speaking my language! When I was into cars I would go to the area where you could just dump old cars for free and strip out the wiring harnesses and a lot of the bolts and washers. When I got home I would undo the harnesses and roll up all the colour coded wires. Never had to buy wire for my cars again as I always had the right size and colours. I remember seeing a 23 window VW bus there and some guys going around smashing all the windows. Some of the other cars I remember seeing dumped bring tears to my eyes now. Hindsight. Another thing I hang onto is good pieces of steel, especially odd sizes and pieces that will fit inside each other. My wife used to complain until I had to buy some and she saw how much it costs. The biggest problem is keeping it stored neatly. Cheers mate, Stuart 🇦🇺

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Stuart... It just makes good sense! When I was a kid if a washing machine was in the trash you can bet the motor would be taken out before the Garbage men got to it! Hidden gold!!!! Thanks!!!

[@OldSneelock]

@@ScoutCrafter The blacksmith shop magically turns junk into useful items. A bit of steel welded on the end of another one and Ta Da you have a tool. Most of my fire tools are re-purposed bits from something else. Dad would build things from the shell of the washers too. Take off the back of the washer add a few braces and some wheels and you have a really ugly yard cart. 😛 If you are hauling rocks and firewood they don't need to be pretty.

[@buckbundy8642]

I’ve got hundreds of jars where the kids are screwed to the ceiling and the jar screwed into the lid. Hundreds of jars with everything from nuts and bolts to screws and nails to copper plates and connections to salvaged electronic parts and components. Saving everything is hard work!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Buck! I can't even imagine people having no hardware at home! =) Crazy! LOL Thanks !!!!

[@OldSneelock]

The typo about screwing the kids to the ceiling got a laugh out of me. Back when my sisters were toddlers Dad had a line of baby food jar lids fastened to the the bottom of the center divider on the work bench in his shop. They were handy for little fasteners that we used for bench work. Dad ran the electrical business as a side line to his job at the foundry. We grew up thinking that helping Dad on his jobs was all part of the fun of being a kid. People complain about not seeing their parents because they work so much. I saw Dad every day when we worked together and when I had school we always had dinner at 7:00 pm. That's when his lunch break was and he would walk home and spend his break there.

[@elsdp-4560]

THANK YOU...for sharing. I use to make deliveries to several trailer manufactures and the hardware that was left on the ground in the parking lot was something else, I would always pick them up, a lot of stainless as well. Never can have enough hardware on hand. Gary

[@adude7050]

So true I have been lucky and bought out a couple of hardware store clearance section but always find myself looking for more.

[@ScoutCrafter]

My favorite part of the old hardware store I was buying from was the big lot of Stove bolts and Square nuts! I really like vintage hardware! Thanks Abe!!!!

[@lotsabirds]

When you mentioned how expensive hardware could be....A guy I used to know wanted to build a cart for his backyard work. He wanted to use a lot of washers. He went to a big box store and they wanted about 90 cents a piece for them The guy, being a coin roll searcher took a couple of rolls of copper-nickel clad half dollars to his drill press and he drilled out the centers! He saved a bundle...only 50 cents a washer doing it his way!

[@annachrissy4874]

I buy a TON of toolboxes and garage lots from estates. I resell lots of hardware. The small lots I find in tool boxes are tossed into a mixed hardware container and sold as a mixed lot. I repackage large lots, like 5 pounds of roofing nails, into smaller packages. I generally use plastic Crystal Light containers. I’m definitely not getting rich, and it’s often not worth the effort, but it keeps buyers coming back for the cheap bargains. I get many “thank you’s” from returning customers: “I appreciate you keeping hardware on the shelves. That last lot that I bought was PERFECT for my last job.” I kinda look at it as a loss leader. It’s generally not worth the time and hassle, but it does sell well, and folks are thankful for it.

[@ScoutCrafter]

You have the perfect attitude to run a business.... Wish more people thought like you!

[@uktony1525]

Scoutcrafter, I now know we share the same DNA. I use Stanley Sortmaster Junior boxes to hold my hardware plus the smaller organiser boxes for more small specialist stuff like grub screws. Recently went to a garage sale for a deceased engineer and picked up multiple boxes (dozens & dozens) of screws, rivets, etc for £10 as the estate just wanted to clear out the garage. My wife could not understand why I was so excited but I thought Christmas had come early. I also got loads of great quality tools but had to leave the 450lb industrial 1950s drill press as I would have found it difficult to smuggle into the garage.

[@ScoutCrafter]

LOL Great Tony!!!!!!

[@OldSneelock]

There is a trend to have Maker places in the US. Young guys want to do things with their hands but with most of them renting and barely getting by they don't have a place to put tools. When you find one of those big tools that you don't have room for or just can't move. It might be possible to get a group together to setup an abandoned building as a Maker Shed. Think of the possibilities.

[@uktony1525]

Sneelock, what a great idea. We have Silver Sheds here in the UK where old guys (retired and often lonely), get together to make things.

[@skinnyweather]

Someday, many, many years from now (many years!) when you leave this earthly realm, there is going to be one hell of a garage sale in New York.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Patrick! I'm planning a move soon so we might have that sale sooner then later! LOL

[@dano4700]

I can never find a washer. Always end up at the hardware store (Bunnings - unfortunately) and then find some the week after. Have started to drink more coffee ;-)

[@annachrissy4874]

Ha! Me too! Carriage bolts have a way of finding me, yet washers are like finding the Holy Grail. I’m pretty sure that the carriage bolts in my shop keep reproducing, and their young newborn carriage bolts eat the few washers I have on hand.

[@davidharris6581]

Those flat head bolts are plow bolts. I love hardware too. Worked in a hardware store in high school. Great education!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi David! Yes, I knew elevator bolts but until today never heard of Plow bolts! Love that stuff!! Thanks!!!!!!!

[@blacksiddha]

Glad to know I'm not the only person who keeps/buys saves all the hardware ...LOL

[@Toyotas_n__Tools]

Working on my truck I never thought i'd spend as much money as I have on hardware, I have a thing about all the hardware needing to be shiny under the hood so ive gotten into the habit of replacing all the old hardware when I take something off to clean around something. one day I went to every store I could think of in town looking for a copper crush washer for a gas line, I finally found one at the Harley shop that was with a chrome bolt for $8ea and I needed 2! Hardware if you can find it for a good price is a very wise investment. Great video Scout!

[@Brian-Burke]

My fantasy is to buy my local hardware store and just use it for my own purposes. Closed to the public! haha

[@ScoutCrafter]

What a great fantasy!!!!!!

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

Local home depot

[@tombob671]

I save all hardware even when discarding junk, I remove fasteners from junk. Coffee cans full of fasteners. I think it's a disease of cheap people lol 😜

[@andrewhuckstable5996]

Tom Burgess I do that too! I live in a remote village in Canada, so it’s really a lifesaver to have many jars of hardware.

[@tombob671]

@@andrewhuckstable5996 I learned this from my grandpa (born 1902 in Oklahoma before it was a state) frugality and being prepared was instilled in me. I remember straightening bent nails for bent nails at the age of 8 (now 71). Those folks that came up the hard way we're amazing. Today when I did have to buy a fastener I cringe on the little bag for 99 cents . I used to live in Calgary in 1963-66 as my dad was in the oil business. I love Canada and the people there. Wonderful folks. Cheers from Kansas

[@andrewhuckstable5996]

Tom Burgess great minds! The cost of hardware (if buying new for every job) adds up quick! The last nails I got where from the metal recycling area up here, some guy threw away hundreds of nails and only half were rusty!

[@poorcousinsdiy5672]

Nearest hardware store to me is 7 miles away, but they're not always open. Nearest big box is a 45 min drive one-way. Saving hardware has been a big time saver on rare occasion, providing i can find what i've saved. :)

[@LoStivale]

Awesome collection. My dad used to save his hardware in jars and now I continued the tradition with all sorts of jars of my own. I agree that glass is best for storing this stuff.

[@ScoutCrafter]

I like glass for the clear view, plastic is safe but I'm not crazy about it when it's scratched up! Thanks!

[@OldSneelock]

You have my storeroom beat forty ways to Sunday. I have a few small caninets with various bits amd pieces. Usually left overs from a project or hangers that came with something that didn't get used. There aren't many glass jars on the shelves, but I do have a few. I keep mineral spirits for cleaning brushes in glass jars. I use the Ragu jars for BLO.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Dave! My Italian GF always gets upset when I tell her I really like Ragu! =D Give me some italian bread and a saucer of Ragu and I am a happy man! LOL Thanks Dave!

[@SteveMcQuillin]

Love it! I am the same way, need one, buy bulk and have them to hand. I think I get it from my dad. Back in England growing up Sunday was the day we tended to get projects done, but Sunday was also the day no stores were open so if you didn't have it you were stuck. He had hundreds of the tall glass Nescafe coffee jars full of pretty much everything. And I am fortunate, my daughter (she is 10) loves sorting and organizing ;)

[@ScoutCrafter]

Steve! You raised her well!!!!! =)

[@uktony1525]

Steve, wasn't it great when everything closed on Sunday. I remember it exactly as you as dad and I would do things together without distraction. In our town there was a very small corner shop next to the station and it was the only shop open for miles. Run by two widows it sold the basic groceries and many meals made with the barest ingredients. Sadly knocked down in the name of progress and with all shops now open on a Sunday it has ended the challenge to cook with only what was available in Mrs Murphy's shop.

[@scottytpancakes8553]

Before I take a load to the scrap yard, I always go over everything real quick and pull off any hardware that I think may be useful. It's saves me a lot of money and trips to the hardware store

[@OldSneelock]

Back in the late 80's and early 90's there was a movement by efficiency experts to reduce inventory. I was Facilities Manager and Head of the Manufacturing Engineering Department at the United Technologies Plant in Coldwater, MI. UTC bought up companies, stripped them out, and sold off the pieces. The plant where I worked was an aluminum extrusion plant built in the 50's. All the presses were 30 years old and built in the old way. Completely rebuildable and assembled with common fasteners. Corporate had the bright idea that they should scrap out all the warehouse of hydraulic fittings, hoses, and nuts and bolts. I put my foot down. When they bit back I showed them how the plant was arranged and setup for repair and maintenance. We had the maintenance logs for the equipment dating back to original installation. Every part had a purpose. When they closed out the Essex group no one wanted an aluminum extrusion plant with a superfund site in the back yard. UTC will own that ground forever. I moved on to the Douglas Autotech Co. The corporate efficiency experts had already gotten there. They tossed out hundreds of stamping dies, belts, bolts, bearings, and even whole machines that were in a offsite warehouse. The local scrap dealer bid on the lot and for the next 6 years I would call him up and buy back inventory to keep the plant running. I discovered the situation when the sales department got an order for 10,000 switches on a government contract. They were military grade DOD approved switches that Douglas had been making since the Korean war. When the order was given to the stamping room they said the Four Slide for making the parts was in the warehouse. I sent a crew over to bring it back but they said the warehouse was empty. In the 60's the managers had decided that rather than have production floor space filled with machines that were used every 10 years to fill bulk orders for the DOD they would mothball them and run a 10 year supply when stocks got low. The idiots in the efficiency department never asked anyone about why the warehouse was there they just took the bid and added the sales to the bottom line. We ended up paying retail price for items we sold for scrap. The scrap yard guy and I became friends over the 6 years I was there. He told me he built a pole barn just for the stuff from the Douglas warehouse, and the resale paid for it all.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Dave! The Corporate suits always know how to screw up any organization... That's what they do! LOL We had the same idiots come into the MTA, penny wise and dollar foolish. =) Thanks!!!!!!!

[@joeheilm]

Nice score! I always buy assorted bags of hardware from my local nut and bolt place, the best part is sorting it out and seeing the strange hardware. Great stuff! Cheers

[@TRONMAGNUM2099]

Hey scout nice setup you got there. I have several old coffee cans I have to organize one day. I have everything jumbled together. I consider myself a pack rat with most hardware. I try to save what I can even off non repairable things. Seems like whenever I scrap something very shortly afterwards I could have used something off it. My wife says I am a mild hoarder. Looking forward your next restoration.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Tron! That's always the case! Throw something out and three weeks later you will need it!!!!!!!! LOL Thanks!!!

[@adude7050]

Great video When you first start fixing things you think the tools are what you need as you gain experience you start to realize what having a variety of Hardware is worth.

[@PDX53]

It normally takes a while to get a good assortment like you have & the $18 purchase was a good deal. What really ticks me off is when I need 4 of something (nuts, screws, etc) and my only options are H.D. or Lowe's. Usually everything is in packages of 3 so I end up with 2 extras. Give me a good old fashioned hardware store any day. It's a good thing I'm not your neighbor - I'd be knocking on your door all of the time - LOL!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Al! You're so right! Especially hardened hardware! It went thru the roof! Stainless too!!!! =) Thanks!!!

[@OldSneelock]

@@ScoutCrafter The local hardware store has metal pull out drawers that you can pick out one bolt. Tractor Supply does too, but they don't walk over and offer advise on the project you are doing like the owner at the local store.

[@wireworks616]

Great video. You have a mini Home Depot in your shop.

[@HardKnocksForge]

I have quite a few organizers, jars, coffee cans and even toolboxes full of hardware. I really need to get a better way of organizing all of my hardware. Love the glass and clear plastic jars for the same reasons you stated.

[@geobrown9413]

Those carriage bolts with shaved heads are called elevator bolts. I too grab all those bolt jars at garage sales, and spend the winter organizing. Keep up the good work!

[@gmp3699]

Thank you for sharing. I can relate to this! I too save every bit of hardware I come across and I've saved myself many trips to the local Home Depot.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Not to mention you saved a ton of money!!!! =D Thanks!

[@reynaldovalle1773]

Nice 10 pound box of nuts and bolts I think that was a great price Scout. God bless your family and friends love you basement beautiful assortment of nuts and bolts I enjoy life.

[@robertgibson7716]

last time i used square washers was fixing a front seat to the floor of a 70s ford uk car the square washer spread the weight and strain over the chases box great wee video mate

[@metrofarmer913]

I really enjoy your presentations. Thanks.

[@dorey1985]

Awesome video as per usual! I know around my neck of the woods here in rualish Canada, when people sell their farms or move away to downsize you can literally get 5 gallon pales of hardware and I LOVE that kind! Our TSC store still sells common hardware by the pound which is also nice. Always great doing down there and filling a bag for 5 or 10 bucks. Hope you have a great New Year.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Dorey! You are like the fifth person to get 5 gallon buckets of hardware! WOW! I bet that is one heavy bucket! LOL Awesome!!!!

[@dorey1985]

@@ScoutCrafter They sure can be! But it's like you said there were bolts in those that cost as much as the full bucket did. Definitely worth it I just need to go to more auctions I guess lol.

[@Pyridox]

You can never have enough hardware. I used to laugh at my dad when I was younger, he used to remove the hardware from items that were going out to the trash (like old vacuums, etc.), and he would strip all of the screws and other hardware of of them and put them in containers. I inherited these tubs of hardware, and I'll tell you what that has gotten me out of many jams when I needed a certain size screw, nut, etc. When we go up to Bristol Maine to see my in-laws every October, we go to a store called Marden's that's unique to Maine (there are several in different towns). They buy out hardware, tools, clothing, furniture, etc. from stores that go out of business. I always bring back home with me misc. deck screws, nuts & bolts, fender washers, nylon lock nuts, anchors, etc. because they are so cheap per pound. Unfortunately most of the hardware is not in see thru containers, I should switch to the mason jars they are heavy duty glass jars.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Pete! You are the second person to mention Marden's!! Sounds like a great place! The Mason Jars are a game changer! Well worth the investment! Thanks!!!!!!!

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@ScoutCrafter Almond/peanut serve yourself containers with snap on lids work fine for holding parts. If you have the lid on they won't roll off if you drop 'em and if you're soaking them it'll stay inside and not leak! Good for storing stuff like mower deck fasteners till spring comes and you put the deck back on the mower and stop hauling firewood!

[@bkupiec]

Those Stack-On storage cabinets are great! I have a few myself, they are mounted on a wall.

[@johncrable3349]

Gotta go to Tractor Supply now to get some of those machine bushings. Thanks Scout.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi John! LOL Funny story, I saw them on one trip and said... Wow, I could have used these once or twice.. Went home and slept on it then next time I was in TS in the cart it went... Those are not often used but when needed can make a world of difference! Thanks!!!!!!

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

Hey, your Mom was onto something! Taster's Choice is a good cup of coffee! Personally, I prefer Nescafe if I'm doing instant but Taster's Choice is a close second. Thanks for the fun tour of hardware!

[@johnkelley9877]

I organized my fasteners too. I had so many I could not out find them when I needed them. Thanks for sharing this.

[@frankg3072]

Thanks for the tour of Scout’s hardware. Boy it brings back such memories of my father putting things in glass jars in the garage. Also trips to Whitestone hardware on the corner of 14th Avenue and 150th street. Did you ever go in there? That man was amazing he had everything!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Frank! You know there is still a Hardware Store there it's called Whitestone hardware Corp. and is mid block on 150th... I haven't been there in years but it was packed with stuff!! Remember Storks! Closed a while back but I would kill for one of their Jelly Donuts right now!!!! LOL Thanks!!!!!!

[@RobertSiwik1968]

As an electrician square washers are used a lot building unistrut racks and mounting things.

[@annachrissy4874]

You had me at “you are going to need an assortment of hardware...”

[@ClintGrantham]

Plow Bolt. That black bold with the square shoulder and no head is a plow bolt. It's used to hold the parts of a bottom plow together so you'll have a clean plow face with nothing to collect dirt.

[@poorcousinsdiy5672]

When i was a kid my grandparents drank Sunrise instant coffee, and those jars ended up being used everywhere, and i may even still have one in my barn from back then. I too clumsy to reuse glass jars for a lot of stuff, but occasionally i'll use a pasta sauce jar, but the lids are the weakpoint of those. I did use metal coffee cans all the time in the barn, but they'd rust out. Of course none of my coffee comes in a metal tin anymore, but the store-brand coffee i usually buy has a nice container with a label that comes off really easily. I've found that i can label them nicely with thick masking tape, and that's been working out really well for bigger items like salvaged hinges and casters. Once you label something and it has a designated shelf, it becomes a LOT more useful, because you can find it when you need it.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello PC DYI! You are so right! Marking and also seeing what's in the containers makes all the difference! I have lots of those Coffeemate tubs but they are not see thru and must be labeled or you will never know what's in them! LOL Thanks so much!

[@richardross7219]

Another great video. As a "swamp yankee" I shop at our transfer station. There is a "swap shed" where all kinds of things show up(for free). As the old timers are dying off, tool boxes full of tools and or hardware are showing up. The kids don't see any value in tools. The hardware just takes a lot of time to sort. Years ago I picked up a large steel card file cabinet (from a factory library) and have been using it to sort out the boxes. I still have more than a dozen boxes to sort out. It has gotten to the point where I have been passing up smaller things. I did get 3 pieces of 6' x 1/2"NC all thread a couple of weeks ago. I repaid the old gent who brought them in, by telling him how to fix the drill press that he was going to throw out. The chuck wasn't working so I showed him how to take the chuck off. He put a new one on and is happy. Do a good turn daily. Have you ever come across an old catalog from some of the old hardware companies? They can provide hours of interesting reading. The count down to Zagray has started! Good Luck, Rick

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Richard! You are so right! I used to work for the MTA and they would throw out a lot of stuff in the dumpsters! On time they threw out a batch of 6' threaded rod because it was bent in the middle! LOL are you kidding me! I grabbed them and cut out the bends ... Wound up with a bunch of 2' sections! Brandy new! LOL Thanks!!!!!!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Richard! You are so right! I used to work for the MTA and they would throw out a lot of stuff in the dumpsters! On time they threw out a batch of 6' threaded rod because it was bent in the middle! LOL are you kidding me! I grabbed them and cut out the bends ... Wound up with a bunch of 2' sections! Brandy new! LOL Thanks!!!!!!

[@electrabob]

Very Cool!!! I just brought home a gallon paint can full of hardware form my dad's house. No rust but a lot of dust. It's always great to have a reserve on hand.

[@josephseewald4687]

Passing on a couple of tips I have learned about storage. The plastic Jars from hard pretzels are great for hardware or just to keep dust off items(rags gloves). To remove any labels gently scrape paper if glossy without scraping plastic. Soak label in wd40 for a while and glue will soften and leave the container in perfect condition. Sometimes leave a moistened paper towel on the label will help in a couple of days it will scrape off easily.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Joseph! Great tips! The best solvent I found for removing sticker residue is Lighter fluid!!!!!

[@steventrosiek2623]

Awesome hardware collection. Wow. Everything is perfectly stored in very nice, visible containers. Thanks for a great video. Take care.

[@312diag]

we use square washers on leather straps... They clamp the entire width of the straps, and prevent the bolt from being pulled through.

[@ededmund5685]

hi the biggest black bolt you put in the jar ,similar to a carriage bolt ,,,,,IT'S CALLED A PLOW BOLT , it's for holding the cutting edge on a snow plow /// ps i have a lot of hardware but NOT as much as you GOOD VIDEO Ed Loretto Ontario Canada

[@ScoutCrafter]

Thanks ED! I never knew that!!!! Plow Bolt! Awesome!!!!!

[@OldSneelock]

@@ScoutCrafter Not that there are very many around anymore but in the foundry they were also used on elevators to attach the buckets to the chain.

[@deancollins8229]

Scout, Now I need to go out in my garage and organize all the nuts and bolts I have accumulated over the years .

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Me too! I use plastic nut containers and maybe spice jobs with the label because you can see what's inside but I size them out and have a duct tape label facing forward so I can see what size they are. I do that with a drill bit indexer so it's close enough for me. And if I ever junk something out I save all the fasteners for future things and if I ever have to go get stuff I always get more than I need so I have some waiting on me. And the black bolt was one that holds a cutting edge on a blade like a scrape blade for a tractor or on a moldboard on a grader or dozer or such. Thanks, you Crafty Scout and stay warm!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Lewie! Great tips!!!

[@lordvengerx]

This was awesome stuff scout lots of good handy tips 😃

[@g-palloyd3600]

OK friend, I knew you had a passion for many things (a vice for vices!) LOL! But you just went to a new level! You would put to shame many small town hardware stores! You're timing couldn't be better. I'm just finishing up my new "little shop" and you know what I'm short of.... yep, hardware! Well, my quest begins! Thanks, John .

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Lloyd! The first trip is to Tractor Supply and buy some washers by the pound! Then some all thread and matching nuts! That will really help in many projects! Thanks Lloyd!!!!

[@davidhoward2237]

i mean the best part ever under seige all those glass bottle/nuts would come in handy.

[@mikebashford8198]

I also have tons of useful stuff, that might come in handy one day. Even if I never use it ... For the opaque containers - you can take a photo of the contents, print it, and stick it to the outside.

[@danielgrenier3288]

Ha! This is such a great topic. ...and I have to say, ScoutCrafter, you are rubbing off. Over the holidays, I took considerable time to thoughtfully organize my tools and hardware like this. It feels great, so thanks, as always, for the inspiration. A+

[@redskool8498]

wow that was nuts just had to say it ... LOL .. thanks scout .. †

[@ericcommarato7727]

Loved this video. Hey, can you do a shop tour?

[@ScoutCrafter]

Eric! I am trying to get that dome this winter! Thanks!

[@geraldwilliams8425]

The square washers are for what we call unistrut, great video again

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello GW! I always wanted to use Unistrut! Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!

[@geraldwilliams8425]

@@ScoutCrafter Wasn't sure if you used the same name in the states, I've done a bit of it but always tried my best to steer clear of install work

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

This subject deserves more exploration!

[@thebmac]

They are awesome to have and can be a life saver for sure, I know I have my collection at home and at work, but they can also be a time waster if you spend 30 minutes looking for something and space waster to something more valuable or useable. Organization and labels are key I would think. Looks like you do a pretty good job at that.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Bradley you are so right! My regular fasteners are in bins that are separated by size and shape so when you need a particular fastener you know right where to go. When you can't find it there then it's time to search the assorted jars! LOL Thanks Bradley!

[@leebrewer1190]

For a quickie video, this one is monumental in its content and should be mandatory material to be reviewed by engaged couples! I inherited my Grandfather's and some of my Dads (thankfully he is still with us), and have a ton more in my Dad's garage that I know will end up with me one day. Square washers. I have seen thousands of these in use on the metal pins used to hold insulators on crossarms. From top down the pin itself has a threaded cob to hold the glass, a smooth shaft that widens into a collar to keep the pin from dropping through the crossarm, a square metal washer between the collar and top of the crossarm, a threaded portion to go through the crossarm, a round washer to sit up against the bottom of the crossarm, and a nut (typically square). My guess is that the collar sits on a square washer b/c a round washer's shape would easier facilitate the round pin/collar to wear out the top of the round hole in the crossarm through which the pin is inserted. The washer on the bottom, interestingly, has a flat area on one of its edges. A small nail is driven into that flat area to (it seems) keep the washer from rotating. I don't know how it would rotate anyway since a square nut holds it in place.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Lee! Wow! And I have never seen them before! Some people said they were for Unistrut! Thanks Lee!

[@corydriver7634]

I use those non dairy creamer containers also. Mostly because I can’t stand throwing out a good container (does that make me a hoarder?) but also they’re good for storing bulky items. If at all possible I hot glue one of whatever the item is to the outside of the container for quick ID.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Cory! They are surprisingly well made! The hot glue is great idea!

[@denniswhite166]

You have a hardware store in your basement. I wish we were neighbors - LOL Of course I've used Fender Washers and Machine Washers but never knew what they were called - Never too old to learn!!! Thanks SC.

[@denniswhite166]

In my old age I've developed butterfingers so glass is out of the question for me.

[@upsidedowndog1256]

Wow, that's an impressive hardware assortment! I have some saved up myself. Anything I toss out gets scavenged.

[@Rusty_ok]

upside downdog I agree completely. I remove all the nuts bolts and screws on anything that is thrown out. Amazing how many times this practice has saved a trip to the hardware store and kept a project on track.

[@upsidedowndog1256]

@@Rusty_ok I have found better microswitches and fuseholders in old microwaves than we were allowed to install in aircraft! Cool magnets too.

[@RJ-je2hg]

Great video very good advice as always thank you sir. I would like to see a video of what you carry on your person everyday like a “edc” everyday carry like pocket knife, multitool, flashlight. You seem to be very good with the handyman aspect. Id like to know.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Ryan! My EDC used to be much more impressive... As a Scoutmaster I had to be prepared at all times for all sorts of events... Now I guess I am paranoid because I live in NYC where EVERYTHING is illegal and the thought o spending the night in the pokey because I was carrying a 3" lockable knife has soured my EDC list... Our Governor just signed a bill making abortions legal up to birth and also making it illegal to confront a person breaking into your home... Now you must try to run away.... Welcome to crazy land!

[@Reggyontheroad]

Hi John, just found this video it popped up on my phone. Well done brother we are hardware fans

[@norherman]

I'm glad to see the eye condition has cleared up. The stuff saves your bacon all the time. Thanks

[@keithjames9654]

Another hardware nut here - but I keep mine in Clear Plastic Bottles (mostly peanut paste bottles) - Glass seems to smash a bit too easily and there is a big mess to clear up on the floor.

[@davidmccord8966]

Square washers are great for mounting things on Unistrut

[@JWimpy]

Our Co-Op still sells all their nuts, bolts, and washers by the pound. I like that mainly because I don't have to make up a bunch of little bags and mark them with their SKU numbers. Just fill a paper bag full of everything and the checkout weighs it.

[@ScoutCrafter]

That's awesome! Tractor Supply Company does that too! Sure beats Home Depot's crazy prices on hardware!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!!

[@CurlyQLink]

Back on the early 1970s, a local hardware store was closing due to the owner retiring. After my father heard about this place going out of business, my dad and I jumped in the car and headed there. We left that store with hundreds of small boxes of every nut, bolt and washer imaginable. My dad passed away in 1990 and all those small boxes are now on my basement workroom. I guess this hardware collecting thing must be hereditary. 😊

[@stripersniper1531]

Assortment hardware is something I go to all the time.

[@joenadeau4419]

I thought I had some stuff but you are the Man when it comes to tools and hardware, thanks for making these videos, I really enjoy them. Joe

[@readysetsleep]

I thought I was ->nuts

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Kent! Stainless hardware has gone thru the roof! Brass too! Plus the brass they use today is no where near the quality of years ago! I bought a jar of brass assorted washers at Jacktown one year and it has saved me a dozen times! =) Thanks Kent!

[@readysetsleep]

@@ScoutCrafter Oh yeah forgot to add that the Taster's Choice is own by Nescafe. There is a Nescafe Gold it's $20 bucks for a small glass bottle of instant coffee. Honestly It's good, and the funny thing it's really popular in Japan.

[@yrtuag]

Enjoyed the video 👍😎 Hardware is not only handy but important. On my service van, I have many things including a hand held tool box full of miscellaneous hardware and a tool box full of organized hardware. Nothing like the satisfaction of rummaging through my miscellaneous hardware tool box and finding what I need so I don't have to leave the job site 😁🤠

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Jim! YES! You especially! Lots of unusual fasteners in your business! Thanks Jim!!!!

[@yrtuag]

You're welcome, Sir 🤠

[@annachrissy4874]

I’m a hardware junkie too...but why is it that I rarely find a use for what I have, and am always desperate for hardware that I don’t have on hand???

[@tarz9386]

I KNOW.

[@andrewhuckstable5996]

anna chrissy I’ve had the same experience! I live in a remote village and I score hardware a few times a month at the metal dump, and I really don’t think I’ll ever use more than 10% of it.

[@killingtimeitself]

dont have enough hardware

[@annachrissy4874]

Oh my goodness!!! I commented earlier that I’m a hardware junkie, but seem to NEVER have the correct hardware. Last night, I had a project, and needed 2 types of screws... and I had both on hand!!! I need to buy a lottery ticket!

[@jpsmith4061]

Have you ever found a book or catalog that gives the proper names for all the different types of hardware? More for the furniture bits and Bob's. For me it would make it alot easier to look for replacement parts than just saying "you know, I need a thingamabob "

[@ScoutCrafter]

Believe it or not the best resource for that is a sales catalog. If you can get a hand on a McMaster Carr catalog you will find everything you need!!!! =)

[@edp9743]

Habit for Humanity is a good source for hardware, much is new. I had an uncle that worked for Warner and Swasey had every nut bolt and fastener imaginable in his basement.

[@adambomb9452]

New subscriber here. Love your videos. I'm a vintage toolaholic too!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Adam! So glad you are here!!! New video tomorrow this was just fill! LOL Thanks!!!!!!

[@Toyotas_n__Tools]

You found the best tooltuber on youtube! adambomb!

[@adambomb9452]

Thanks for the warm welcome! As a millennial my friends don't understand my obsession with vintage tools but my girlfriend is excited that you replied to me. Lol

[@artsietopology]

That's a ton of stuff. There was even an O-ring in that box you got on Ebay. - Kathie

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Kathie! This is just the tip of the iceberg... I have jars of assorted O-Rings and Rubber washers... The good part is that if I don't have it I can make it however it takes a while to do something as trivial as a bolt! Years ago old timers would make a bolt out of a piece of flat stock, drilled, tapped and cut off... It was a Square nut! Worked great! =) Thanks!!!!

[@pasqualemandara]

Just like my hardware storage, but millions of times bigger!!! 👍😉

[@carver3419]

I know the feeling ... About 40 years ago a local hardware was closing. I asked the owner what he wanted for one island of hardware. He said one hundred bucks. I couldn't get the money out of my wallet fast enough and load as much as I could into the back of my Jeep. He stopped me as I was going for the stove bolts, but, by then, the rear tires on my Jeep were weighted down to about 4". I figure I got about 400 pounds of bolts, lag screws, carriage bolts, wood screws, washers, and nuts. i don't have to make so many trips to the hardware store. I figure I have enough to last me until the year 2075.

[@carver3419]

Correction! I meant to type 800 pounds of ....

[@ScoutCrafter]

Wow!!!!! What an awesome score!!!! That is so great!!!!!!!!!!

[@carver3419]

@@ScoutCrafter Well, we get lucky every now and then ... I only wish it were more now than then.

[@rickrudd]

My problem is organizing - I have too many miscellaneous coffee cans and have not mustered the energy to sort. That said, DUDE!, you have way more fasteners in your shop than 2 or 3 of your average home stores.

[@JimmysTheBestCop]

Videos like this make me want a ScoutCrafter live stream!!!!!

[@ScoutCrafter]

That would be awesome!

[@MrDoeboy356]

There's a place here in Maine that still sells hardware by the pound. Mardens is the name.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Awesome! Tractor supply is doing it now again!! Thanks!

[@lwoodt1]

I have been saving hardware for decades also.Even if I have something I am going to recycle,I take out out all the nuts, bolts, screws, washers, connectors etc.Many times I needed that certain odd piece of hardware and had something right on hand .It really pays to save anything you can .

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Lou! You are so right! the worst part for me is knowing I have something but not being able to find to and having to buy it knowing I have it already!!! LOL I hate that! Thanks Lou!

[@simplemadecustoms1690]

That vise on the ground at around 1:54...future restoration?

[@ScoutCrafter]

Yes! It's a Parker! paid $5!!!! Gonna be great! Thanks!!!!

[@literoadie3502]

Wow! I would love to take a tour of your basement!! Looks like fun!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello LR! Little by little I will try to get it all in! =) You would have a blast! Lots of cool old stuff! Thanks!!!

[@mick4790]

Wow, very impressive hardware collection and well organized!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Mick... I really need to re-organize! Thanks so much!!!!!

[@anthonykent7983]

Like a lot of you commenters so glad it's not just me that collected jars of hardware! But after my 40 years collecting you still make me look like a beginner. Thanks bro Anthony Kent

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hello Anthony! Remember I'm 3rd generation in this house so I had a head start! LOL Thanks!!!!!!

[@ClintGrantham]

My goodness. I'd sure love to go down in that basement! Lol

[@bertalicea2397]

Hey John go ahead send that package to my house! Crazy thing i use plastic peanut butter jars but I agree with the you, never know when you will need it! 👍👍

[@ScoutCrafter]

Bert, I have boxes of empty jars! Must have!!!!!! =)

[@QNFee]

you make me so jealous :d, nice collection bro and i see i missed some of your videos cheers

[@AtomicReverend]

Scout I think you got my hardware collection beat by a long shot... I need a bigger garage. I always wanted to bin a wall with hardware at least by size but ideally length and grade too. Your clear jar idea actually is pretty smart with everything coming in clear plastic nowadays it would be easy to repurpose them for hardware storage.

[@AmericanCoinHunting]

Impressive enough that I had to buy 20 punds for myself . Pretty good deal . Thanks John , I needed some . Also , I know I bought that same kit from US General plus 5 from other companies , but the older I get , the more Hardware I buy LOL !

[@ScoutCrafter]

Hi Dave! I have to say this was a really good assortment of hardware! All great quality and lots of unusual sizes and products! Grade 8 fasteners too! I was very impressed! Also as you saw he had 100% positive feedback and a ton of sales! I'm glad you got a lot before they're gone! Thanks Dave!!!!!!!

[@AmericanCoinHunting]

@@ScoutCrafter I hope you can do another video or 2 about hardware ?

[@kevinsmith1791]

That was truly mind blowing I don’t think I’ve seen so many different choices. Best wishes

[@skippylippy547]

Oh yes! I'm a nut for hardware too! I instantly related to this video. I love my assortment of hardware and can't live without it! ^5