Terry , Gary, inn regards to sourcing Polyethylene washers I recommend Penn Fibre http://www.pennfibre-dot-com/ from fish paper to fluoroplastics and G-10(Yup!) to Polyethylene you name it, in thicknesses,of .01" to .125............ for "off the shelf" in nylon try http://www.microplastics-dot-com/ or http://www.ryanherco-dot-com/ for pultrusion fibreglass&PVC Robert Cressler