Subject: RE: Kinda OT?: Looking for rackmount screw sets....
To: 'classiccmp@classiccmp.org' <classiccmp@classiccmp.org>
From: David Woyciesjes <DAW@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
List: port-vax
Date: 04/15/2002 13:15:35
> From: 	James B. DiGriz
> 
> Dave McGuire wrote:
> > On April 15, David Woyciesjes wrote:
> > 
> >>	Now, to mount equipment in it, I need to find some more of those
> >>clip-on T-nut kinda things, which clip on around the hole in the rails,
> so
> >>you then use the supplies screws to mount your equipment. Some older DEC
> >>racks used the same thing.
> >>	And, as you  can guess, the guys at the local Home Depot just gave
> >>me funny looks.
> >>	Anybody know where I can get a dozen or two of these screw mount
> >>sets? For a reasonable price?	And what are they called?
> > 
> > 
> >   These are called "tinnerman clips" (not sure about the spelling).
> > Suppliers like Grainger or Newark Electronics will likely have them,
> > but don't expect them to be cheap...just a plain 19" rack from places
> > like this can run over $2000.
> > 
> >   I get mine from surplus dealers, usually attached to racks. :)
> > 
> >         -Dave
> > 
> 
> 
> An auto parts store or auto body shop should have them. Look through the 
> Dorman fastener assortments if nobody knows what you're talking about.
> 
> jbdigriz
> 
	Thanks! And an auto store would probably have them at a better price
too...

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