On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:19:10 -0800, SteveB wrote:
A friend of mine picks up all sorts of things from his union job, many
of which are in or headed for the dumper. Recently he brought me some
THICK washers that were labeled EARTHQUAKE SPACERS (or something like
that. I'm sure about the earthquake part, not sure about the spacer
part) They were about 1" in diameter, 1" thick, had a 3/8" hole through
the axis of the cylinder, and had a brass looking coating. They were
six in a package. Now I need more for a project. I know they are
called spacers, but is there a specialty name for them?

If you don't find an off-the-shelf item, perhaps look for some
thick-wall tube or pipe to cut up. For example, I had no trouble
finding 1.000" OD, .5" ID steel pipe at a local steel supplier a few
years ago. This would be a lot less work to use than if you have
to drill the center hole, as another poster suggested doing.

What are you going to do with the spacers? Does the plating
matter, do you have to have steel (vs other metals or plastic),
what dimensions do you need?

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jiw