I'm using it for electronics, but I see it used to hook around much
larger posts. Need to find out what it is called. Thanks.


https://i.imgur.com/q8Us848.jpg

On 10/23/2019 9:13 AM, Jim Horton wrote:
I'm using it for electronics, but I see it used to hook around much larger posts.Â* Need to find out what it is called. Thanks.


https://i.imgur.com/q8Us848.jpg

That is called a slip ring twist.

On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:13:09 -0400, Jim Horton
wrote:

I'm using it for electronics, but I see it used to hook around much
larger posts. Need to find out what it is called. Thanks.


https://i.imgur.com/q8Us848.jpg


Hose clamp

In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:13:09 -0400, Jim Horton
wrote:

I'm using it for electronics, but I see it used to hook around much
larger posts. Need to find out what it is called. Thanks.


https://i.imgur.com/q8Us848.jpg

What yo describe is a hose clamp.

On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:07:14 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:13:09 -0400, Jim Horton
wrote:

I'm using it for electronics, but I see it used to hook around much
larger posts. Need to find out what it is called. Thanks.


https://i.imgur.com/q8Us848.jpg



I've never seen tiny electronics-sized ones -
but they are commonly used on small engine fuel hoses -
~ 1/4 - 3/8 inch size

https://www.globalsources.com/gsol/I...htm#1163665199

https://www.hcl-clamping.com/double-...-steel-032-034

John T.

For years the car companies used them on radiator hoses. They were up
around 2" in some cases. It was just because they were cheap. Most car
owners bought tracked hose clamps if they were working on their own
cars.

On 24/10/19 3:13 am, Jim Horton wrote:
I'm using it for electronics, but I see it used to hook around much
larger posts.Â* Need to find out what it is called. Thanks.


https://i.imgur.com/q8Us848.jpg

It looks like what is known in electronics as wire wrap.

The article better explains the concept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_wrap

Normally a tool is used to wrap the wire. I have one here somewhere, not
used in a long time.

--

Xeno


Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

On 10/24/2019 05:27 AM, Xeno wrote:
On 24/10/19 3:13 am, Jim Horton wrote:
I'm using it for electronics, but I see it used to hook around much
larger posts. Need to find out what it is called. Thanks.


https://i.imgur.com/q8Us848.jpg

It looks like what is known in electronics as wire wrap.

The article better explains the concept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_wrap

Normally a tool is used to wrap the wire. I have one here somewhere, not
used in a long time.


I've got a couple. One is like pictured in the article where you cut the
wire to length, strip the ends, and then wrap the connections. The other
is similar to this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiring_pencil

but the wire used is the standard Kynar insulated type and wrapping it
around the posts cuts through the insulation at the corners. It's a lot
faster.

I miss the days when I could wirewrap a working Z80 computer on the
kitchen table.

On Thu, 24 Oct 2019 07:45:27 -0600, rbowman
wrote:

On 10/24/2019 05:27 AM, Xeno wrote:
On 24/10/19 3:13 am, Jim Horton wrote:
I'm using it for electronics, but I see it used to hook around much
larger posts. Need to find out what it is called. Thanks.


https://i.imgur.com/q8Us848.jpg

It looks like what is known in electronics as wire wrap.

The article better explains the concept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_wrap

Normally a tool is used to wrap the wire. I have one here somewhere, not
used in a long time.


I've got a couple. One is like pictured in the article where you cut the
wire to length, strip the ends, and then wrap the connections. The other
is similar to this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiring_pencil

but the wire used is the standard Kynar insulated type and wrapping it
around the posts cuts through the insulation at the corners. It's a lot
faster.

I miss the days when I could wirewrap a working Z80 computer on the
kitchen table.
I think he's talking about these critters.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/11822
They were used as a cheap substitute for fahnestock clips in many
low-end electronics experimenter kits in decades past.

See
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials...onics-kits/all
AND
https://www.exploratorium.edu/tinker...breadboarding-
or https://www.ebay.com/p/1938868483

I'm using it for electronics, but I see it used to hook around much
larger posts. Need to find out what it is called. Thanks.
https://i.imgur.com/q8Us848.jpg


I think he's talking about these critters.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/11822
They were used as a cheap substitute for fahnestock clips in many
low-end electronics experimenter kits in decades past.



These are interesting - but -
the written description in the OP's link
doesn't seem to match . .
John T.

On 10/24/2019 9:22 AM, wrote:

I'm using it for electronics, but I see it used to hook around much
larger posts. Need to find out what it is called. Thanks.
https://i.imgur.com/q8Us848.jpg


I think he's talking about these critters.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/11822
They were used as a cheap substitute for fahnestock clips in many
low-end electronics experimenter kits in decades past.



These are interesting - but -
the written description in the OP's link
doesn't seem to match . .
John T.


I'd say you got it right the first time.

https://www.globalsources.com/gsol/I...htm#1163665199

On 25/10/19 11:03 am, Bob F wrote:
On 10/24/2019 9:22 AM, wrote:

I'm using it for electronics, but I see it used to hook around much
larger posts.Â* Need to find out what it is called. Thanks.
https://i.imgur.com/q8Us848.jpg


I think he's talking about these critters.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/11822
They were used as a cheap substitute for fahnestock clips in many
low-end electronics experimenter kits in decades past.



Â* These are interestingÂ* -Â* butÂ* -
Â* the written descriptionÂ* in the OP'sÂ* link
doesn't seem to matchÂ* . .
Â*Â*Â*Â* John T.


I'd say you got it right the first time.

https://www.globalsources.com/gsol/I...htm#1163665199


Except the spring concept in the OPs description has a self clamping
effect on the rod it is attached to. The above springs were colloquially
known as *rat trap springs* and didn't clamp onto the rod but were
usually free to swivel around on it.

--

Xeno


Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)