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Metal Dowel pin MFR

Metal Dowel pin MFR

Metal Dowel pin MFR

(OP)
Hello,

I'm trying to help source a dowel pin...looking at 1/8", aprox 1" long...MSC, even at volume is about 7 times larger then budgeted...

Does anyone know the names of some well known dowel pin mfrs?  our volume is high enough to talk directly, and not through a distributor.

Thanks...sorry if i posted in the wrong forum.

Ethan

RE: Metal Dowel pin MFR

(OP)
dinjin.

I've been to Thomas net...problem is there are too many suppliers listed, without enough capabilities to narrow them down appropriately...

Companies listed in metal dowels, that only have that in the description, don't specialize in dowels, or only make a certain type.

Out of 10 metal dowel pin vendors, 10 out of 10 have no bided due to volume...and these are basic 1/8" x 1" dowel pins....
 

RE: Metal Dowel pin MFR

erabinowitz,

Have you checked with Dowel-Pin as I don't think they will be intimidated by quantity. I know an order for 10,000 presented no problem for them.

If per chance the quanity is too great you might give Bagshaw a call. I know quanity will not be a problem with them. The handled orders of 500,000+ for us.

http://www.whbagshaw.com/fasteners.html

RE: Metal Dowel pin MFR

Can you use a dowel pin that is a little shorter or longer ? Sometimes a little difference in length will produce an unexpected difference in price.

I pasted two prices below from two distributors, but if you need them 7 times cheaper, that's anywhere from 2 cents to less than 1 cent per dowel. I have also pasted contact info for some dowel manufacturers you could contact direct, at the bottom of the post.

Dowel pins are generally cost effective or what they do. I think it's just a matter of finding a manufacturer that wants or needs your business and then work with them to get the price as low as possible, but I have no idea if it will be 1 or 2 cents per dowel.

What if you purchased some hardened bearing shafting in long lengths and cut it down to 1" long sections ? Other than that I'm not sure what might be cheaper than a dowel, unless you can replace the dowel with a different method.

Here is the cheapest I found at www.mscdirect.com
Order in Multiples of 100
Price: $11.71 per 100
In stock: 37349
Mfr: Value
Mfr #: 241100P

12 cents per dowel from MSC, but I'm not sure what specs they meet.

The dowel listed directly below is from www.mcmaster.com which is where I usually get them. Part #  98381A475 (14 cents each, meets ASME B18.8.2)    

$14.14 per Pack of 100
Material Type    Steel
Finish    Plain
Steel Type    Hardened Steel
Pin Type    Dowel Pins
Dowel Pin Type    Standard
System of Measurement    Inch
Diameter    1/8"
Overall Length    1"
Length Tolerance    ±.01"
Suggested Hole Size    .1245" to .1250"
Double Shear Strength    3,200 lbs.
Rockwell Hardness    C50
Specifications Met    American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)Note    Actual diameter is +.0002" over the nominal diameter with a tolerance of ±.0001".
ASME Specification    ASME B18.8.2

I sometimes use www.reidsupply.com as well. You could try to find out who supplies the distributors and talk to the manufactures direct.

I think Holo Krome http://www.holo-krome.com/ supplies Reid, and I have seen "socket source" http://www.socketsource.com/ on some dowel boxes from Mcmaster, along with "ITW BEE LEITZKE" from Iron Ridge WI 53035...

ITW BEE LEITZKE
http://www.itwblh.com/   

John

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