On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 16:56:35 -0400, Spehro Pefhany wrote:

On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:35:22 -0500, Tim Wescott
wrote:

So, any time I ask about something specific it seems to be unobtainium.

Is there such a think as a stock line of clips for various thicknesses
of material?

I'm looking for something shaped like this (view in fixed-width):

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Ideally the throat of the clip would be 5/16" wide; the depth is quite
negotiable. Even more ideally, there would be a variety of clip sizes
and gauges available. Even more ideally yet, the clips would be
available in stainless steel, or some other metal that can stand salt
water.

Your thoughts appreciated, although "Tim! You're crazy!" won't get you
far -- I'm already aware of that.


Hi, Tim:-


You may indeed be crazy, but have you checked out Tinnerman U-Type
fasteners?

Here's a distie catalog, PDF page 537+, for example.

http://www.spaenaur.com/pdf/Spaenaur...3_Complete.pdf

If I could get them in stainless I'd be a happy camper.

The instrument needs to work on the sea shore, so I'd rather not use
spring steel for the job.

It should give me some search terms, though.

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com