I'm after a quantity (say) 100 of clip nuts. These are for a 19 inch rack, but the kind with punched holes rather than the square ones that take the usual cage nuts.
It's a clip with an attached nut - a bit like a beefed up speed nut, but it takes a proper screw (bolt) rather than a self tapper.
Here's an image:
Anyone know, please?
Cheers, Mark
Never come across those. Have you tried phoning Canford? They're pretty helpful.
They're not...he emailed me last night to say so! Thanks anyway.
I did look on their website; I have quite a lot of stuff here I bought from them. I'll contact them too.
They are weird; they're used on some HP equipment, and are much more common in the USA where round hole punched racks are more common. In my case it's for an old DEC rack, to hold an old DEC machine!
Did you try this place ?
Strange sizes for 19 in. racking. M6 has been standard for yonks and before metrication 1/4 in. BSW was the norm.
"Cage nuts" is the usual terminology BTW.
Not in the USA.
These aren't cage nuts. I have them...
Oh sorry, I read your description but didn't look at your picture. I've not come across those before - what's the application?
Same application, different type of rack ...
US-style 19 inch rack, which has punched holes rather than square ones.
Here's an example (not mine) but you can see the nuts near the bottom:
IME 0BA was the norm in this country before M6. It could be argued that 0BA is metric.
OBA and M6 are usable together one way but not the other, I can't remember which way round.
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