Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

[Robert Jarratt]

> 
> Ah, thanks for saving me the trouble of digging out my own 6300.
> 
> The exact nylon standoffs might be a bit difficult, but the metal parts
could
> easily be replaced with plain old threaded hex standoffs.  The original
metal
> standoffs are press-fitted into place and my guess that they'll be
difficult to
> find, even if you do own an appropriate press


I was wondering if these are pressed in, or if the serrated edge around the
bottom of the mounting indicated some kind of two-part component with a
special tool to screw the two halves together. Sounds like it is a single
part :-(

> 
> The great thing is that the holes for both types are recessed on the
bottom,
> so that getting a good mounting using a washer-head machine screw should
> be no problem. I've got bags of aluminum hex standoffs of various sizes
and
> find them to be invaluable.  Jameco also offers a somewhat more limited
> selection.
> 
> Here's Mouser's 578 pages of standoff choices:
> 
> http://www.mouser.com/Electromechanical/Hardware/Standoffs-
> Spacers/_/N-aictf
> 
> So maybe not original, but close enough functionally.
> 
> --Chuck

I hadn't considered doing something like this. In the end I am most
interested in functionality as long as I don't have to permanently alter
anything.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Rob