"Doug White" wrote in message
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I'm going nuts trying to locate a source for a specific size of
wire/cable clip/clamp. Here's a pictu

http://users.rcn.com/gwhite/Misc/Wire_Clips.jpg

They are 3/8" wide, and fit a 1/8" diameter cable. The screw hole is ~
0.150" in diameter, so they easily take a #6 screw. I have a couple in
my miscellaneous hardware collection. Some have an oxidized tin finish,
and some appear to be bright zinc plated. I have no idea where the ones
I have came from, or how ancient they might be. They can't be that
exotic, given that I have some from two different sources.

I have tried McMaster Carr, Keystone, Heyco, Digikey, Allied, Mouser,
etc., to no avail. Part of the problem is that everyone calls them
something slightly different. Most of the clips only go down to half an
inch wide, which won't work. The only 3/8" wide clips I can find are
from KMC Stampings, and they have a 1/8th inch hole, which won't take a #
6 screw.

I need ~ 100 of these for a product I have in mind, so it's more than I
want to drill out, and too few to warrant ordering them custom. The
alternative to these clamps is to do a lot more machining, which will
probably render the entire effort uneconomical. It took me a couple
weeks of pondering to come up with this approach, and given that I
already have enough to build some prototypes, I figured I was all set.

I've mostly been focusing on electronics vendors, because that is the
most likely source for the ones I have. They could also be used to hold
down tubing on something, or control cables on lawn mowers, etc.

Does anyone recognize these & can you recommend a supplier?

Thanks!

Why not just take a couple over to a local electrical supply house and ask
for a hundred of "these things"?
They will probably tell you where to get them if they don't have any.
We used to call them strain relief's.

JC