normal shop behavior or boycott time?

[Popeye the Sailor]

If you go to an Orchard Supply and Hardware (OSH), it might be a CA regional thing, they will sell you 2 SHCS metric grade 8.8 screws, say 6mm 1.0 x 20mm length for about a buck, maybe $1.25.   Last time I checked, you can get a box of 100 for about $8.25.  Of course, you don't always need 100 metric cap screws of the same size. 

But you could buy a nice drill and tap set and just make everything on the bike the same size. Think of the weight savings when your tool kit is one allen wrench! 

[sugarcrook]

But you could buy a nice drill and tap set and just make everything on the bike the same size. Think of the weight savings when your tool kit is one allen wrench! 

I like it!