Dave Plowman (News) said the following on 30/11/2005 19:23:
In article .com,
Homer2911 wrote:

The sort of thing that goes either side of a sheet metal edge to give
a
stronger fixing using a self tapping screw and give a degree of
adjustability? Common on cars?


Nah, I thing those are called 'captive nuts' - different thing


I realised soon after posting that I was wrong. ;-) But I've a feeling
they have a name too. A captive nut suggests something a bolt goes into
rather than a self tapper.

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