13 Apr
2005
13 Apr
'05
4:45 p.m.
I'm not sure what these things are called... but I need some. I'm calling
them plastic "push rivets", where a plastic plunger pushes through a collar
with 3 or 4 plastic legs. These legs break off.
All the ones I've seen so far are a pretty common size. However, the ones I
need two of at the moment are slightly smaller than that. Specifically,
these are the two plastic push rivets from an HP 264X terminal that hold the
metal cover over the CRT.
Anyone ever find a source for these? Both my local electronics places came
up empty.
Regards,
Jay West
13 Apr
13 Apr
5:17 p.m.
Jay,
Check with Rick over at smallrobot.com as those rivets you described
were used on the Androbot TOPO robots in the 80's, Rick has developed a
mini version of the TOPO that he sells and he may have tracked down a
source for those rivets.
Curt
Jay West wrote:
I'm not sure what these things are called... but I
need some. I'm
calling them plastic "push rivets", where a plastic plunger pushes
through a collar with 3 or 4 plastic legs. These legs break off.
All the ones I've seen so far are a pretty common size. However, the
ones I need two of at the moment are slightly smaller than that.
Specifically, these are the two plastic push rivets from an HP 264X
terminal that hold the metal cover over the CRT.
Anyone ever find a source for these? Both my local electronics places
came up empty.
Regards,
Jay West
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5:34 p.m.
Jay,
It may be a long shot since you say these are smalller than normal, but
you might try a shop that supplies autobody shops.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Jay West wrote:
I'm not sure what these things are called... but I
need some. I'm
calling them plastic "push rivets", where a plastic plunger pushes
through a collar with 3 or 4 plastic legs. These legs break off.
All the ones I've seen so far are a pretty common size. However, the
ones I need two of at the moment are slightly smaller than that.
Specifically, these are the two plastic push rivets from an HP 264X
terminal that hold the metal cover over the CRT.
Anyone ever find a source for these? Both my local electronics places
came up empty.
Regards,
Jay West
10:20 p.m.
Hi Jay,
The HP 5036s use those too. I was looking for some a couple of years ago
to restore some the 5036s and I went to local supplier and tried to buy
some. They wanted $17.something a piece for them! No that's not a typo,
$17+ /EACH! Needless to say, I didn't buy any. However I later found that
the old IBM PS-2s use them so I started robbing the PS-2s that I found in
the scrap yards. I also found that the HUGE local surplus store (Skycraft)
has them in stock. So start robbing those PS-2s OR let me know how many you
need and what size* and I'll see if Skycraft still has some.
*Oops, scratch the size. I have a 2648 open, I can get one from there and
try to match it up.
Joe
PS I still have that 2648 for you. I need to figure out how to pack and
ship it. That's going t be especially tricky since one or two of the CRT
mounts are already broken!
At 03:45 PM 4/13/05 -0500, you wrote:
I'm not sure what these things are called... but I
need some. I'm calling
them plastic "push rivets", where a plastic plunger pushes through a collar
with 3 or 4 plastic legs. These legs break off.
All the ones I've seen so far are a pretty common size. However, the ones I
need two of at the moment are slightly smaller than that. Specifically,
these are the two plastic push rivets from an HP 264X terminal that hold the
metal cover over the CRT.
Anyone ever find a source for these? Both my local electronics places came
up empty.
Regards,
Jay West
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