15 Apr
2002
15 Apr
'02
11:40 a.m.
From: Ethan Dicks
--- David Woyciesjes <DAW(a)yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu> wrote:
Not surprised that DEC used different fasteners. Here is a larger
pic of what my fasteners looks like...
http://www.tt-ec.com/graphics/showcase/retaining/palunutmt.gif
... and it uses Philips-head screws for the mounting.
I'll try some of the auto/body shops around here, see if I can get a
decent price, otherwise Graybar (down the street from my house) should have
something...
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Carl ---
That's close, but what I'm looking for clips around the rails, not
into the hole, which is round. This looks almost exactly like it, at the
bottom of the page...
"Palnut Multi-Thread U-Nut"
http://www.tt-ec.com/showcase/retaining/palunut.html
..that's it, I think...
That doesn't exactly resemble the ones I'm used to seeing - as mentioned,
the difference appears to be "bolt" vs "screw" fastening.
> From: Carl Lowenstein
>
> You would be happier with the type of fastener that uses real machine
> screws rather than the sheet-metal type screws that some racks have.
> There is a nice picture of them on the Tinnerman Web site at
>
> < http://www.tt-ec.com/showcase/nutbolt/nutretcat.html >
I've used plenty of these with modern racks, but since DEC racks have
round mounting holes, not square, the rack-mount nuts I have more
closely resemble these -
http://www.tt-ec.com/showcase/nutbolt/utype.html
... but with a u-shaped cutout to snap into place in a round hole.
-ethan
