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Bill Jeffrey Bill Jeffrey is offline
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Default Name for Jubilee clips in USA

N Cook wrote:

Woodruff keys lock gears/pulleys etc to large shafts, similar to roll pins
(same USA term ?) locate small pulleys etc to small shafts

Maybe this is obvious, but just FYI - a roll pin and a Woodruff key may
be similar in function (locking a shaft to something on the shaft), but
not at all in appearance or application. At least not in my corner of
the world.

Bill