Ok, I forget who exactly started this thread.
But, I asked Joe Moir (the DEC reseller who has been unfairly bashed
on this list reciently for asking if some of us were interested in
a VAX 11/785, and before that for a Prime computer), and being the
nice guy he is, he went and grabbed all the tinnerman nuts off of
a rack that was scheduled to be scrapped. He didnt charge me anything,
not even for shipping them to me.
So, I have 26 Tinnerman nuts, who wants em? They are the ones with
the metal bent into a flat C shape, with a nut attached.
-Lawrence LeMay
lemay_at_cs.umn.edu
> > From: Ethan Dicks
> >
> > --- David Woyciesjes <DAW_at_yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu> wrote:
> > > 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
> >
> 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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