As the subject..

They look like washers with wings internally and made of spring steel, they are designed to slide
onto a bar in one direction only and act as a cheap nut. The seem to be found in mass produced
items.

Once I know what they are called I can Google for a supplier.

Rick... (The other Rick)

"Rick" wrote in message
...
As the subject..

They look like washers with wings internally and made of spring steel,
they are designed to slide
onto a bar in one direction only and act as a cheap nut. The seem to be
found in mass produced
items.

Once I know what they are called I can Google for a supplier.

Rick... (The other Rick)

I know what you mean and have used loads of them - but I dont know what
they're called ... sorry

Regards

Rick said the following on 30/11/2005 11:34:
As the subject..

They look like washers with wings internally and made of spring steel, they are designed to slide
onto a bar in one direction only and act as a cheap nut. The seem to be found in mass produced
items.

Once I know what they are called I can Google for a supplier.

Rick... (The other Rick)

Spiderfixes

see:

http://shop.comdir.co.uk/Products.as...rWebTemplate=C

or http://tinyurl.com/bp2rk if the above link fails.

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:00:35 +0000, Rumble .@. wrote:

Rick said the following on 30/11/2005 11:34:
As the subject..

They look like washers with wings internally and made of spring steel, they are designed to slide
onto a bar in one direction only and act as a cheap nut. The seem to be found in mass produced
items.

Once I know what they are called I can Google for a supplier.

Rick... (The other Rick)

Spiderfixes

see:

http://shop.comdir.co.uk/Products.as...rWebTemplate=C

or http://tinyurl.com/bp2rk if the above link fails.

BRILLIANT....

Many thanks. I have been trying all sorts of combinations of washer, clip and spring steel on
Google, but had no result.

Again, Many Thanks

Rick... (The other Rick)

In article ,
Rick wrote:

They look like washers with wings internally and made of spring
steel, they are designed to slide onto a bar in one direction
only and act as a cheap nut. The seem to be found in mass
produced items.

Radiospares call them "Push-on Retaining Fixings", which
doesn't sound like the name I can't remember.

http://rswww.com 2mm = part number 172-307, up to 7/16"
which is 172-470.

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They look like washers with wings internally and made of spring steel,
they are designed to slide
onto a bar in one direction only and act as a cheap nut. The seem to be
found in mass produced
items.

External circlips maybe?

Phil

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:34:12 +0000, Rick wrote:

As the subject..

They look like washers with wings internally and made of spring steel, they are designed to slide
onto a bar in one direction only and act as a cheap nut. The seem to be found in mass produced
items.

Once I know what they are called I can Google for a supplier.

Rick... (The other Rick)

Many thanks to all who have replied. I now know what to get and where from...

Thanks again..
Rick... (The other Rick)

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Rick wrote:

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:34:12 +0000, Rick wrote:

As the subject..

They look like washers with wings internally and made of spring
steel, they are designed to slide onto a bar in one direction only
and act as a cheap nut. The seem to be found in mass produced items.

Once I know what they are called I can Google for a supplier.

Rick... (The other Rick)

Many thanks to all who have replied. I now know what to get and where
from...

Thanks again..
Rick... (The other Rick)

They're also sometimes called "Starlock washers" - see
http://tinyurl.com/bssa8
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Spiderfixes

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Well you learn something every day. Always called them clip washer thingies
before. Cheers!

Henry

Henry wrote:
Spiderfixes

see:


http://shop.comdir.co.uk/Products.as...uctID=nqgmmtvx
tg&strWebTemplate=C


Well you learn something every day. Always called them clip washer
thingies before. Cheers!

Henry

There actually called... "toothed locking washers".
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In article ,
Rick wrote:
They look like washers with wings internally and made of spring steel,
they are designed to slide onto a bar in one direction only and act as a
cheap nut. The seem to be found in mass produced items.

The sort of thing that goes either side of a sheet metal edge to give a
stronger fixing using a self tapping screw and give a degree of
adjustability? Common on cars?

Once I know what they are called I can Google for a supplier.

If you only want a few, Halfords do them in one of their 'assorted
fixings' boxes.

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The sort of thing that goes either side of a sheet metal edge to give
a
stronger fixing using a self tapping screw and give a degree of
adjustability? Common on cars?

Nah, I thing those are called 'captive nuts' - different thing

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Rick saying
something like:

As the subject..

They look like washers with wings internally and made of spring steel, they are designed to slide
onto a bar in one direction only and act as a cheap nut. The seem to be found in mass produced
items.

Once I know what they are called I can Google for a supplier.

I heard a good name for them t'other day.

Cat's arseholes.
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In article .com,
Homer2911 wrote:
The sort of thing that goes either side of a sheet metal edge to give
a
stronger fixing using a self tapping screw and give a degree of
adjustability? Common on cars?

Nah, I thing those are called 'captive nuts' - different thing

I realised soon after posting that I was wrong. ;-) But I've a feeling
they have a name too. A captive nut suggests something a bolt goes into
rather than a self tapper.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In message , Rick
writes
As the subject..

They look like washers with wings internally and made of spring steel,
they are designed to slide
onto a bar in one direction only and act as a cheap nut. The seem to be
found in mass produced
items.

Once I know what they are called I can Google for a supplier.

I think they're known as "push-on fasteners" in the RS catalogue

--
geoff

In article .com,
Homer2911 wrote:
The sort of thing that goes either side of a sheet metal edge to give
a
stronger fixing using a self tapping screw and give a degree of
adjustability? Common on cars?

Nah, I thing those are called 'captive nuts' - different thing

I thought they were called spire clips?

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Dave Plowman (News) said the following on 30/11/2005 19:23:
In article .com,
Homer2911 wrote:

The sort of thing that goes either side of a sheet metal edge to give
a
stronger fixing using a self tapping screw and give a degree of
adjustability? Common on cars?


Nah, I thing those are called 'captive nuts' - different thing


I realised soon after posting that I was wrong. ;-) But I've a feeling
they have a name too. A captive nut suggests something a bolt goes into
rather than a self tapper.

http://shop.comdir.co.uk/Products.aspx?intGroupID=918

In article ,
ng says...
As the subject..

They look like washers with wings internally and made of spring steel, they are designed to slide
onto a bar in one direction only and act as a cheap nut. The seem to be found in mass produced
items.

Once I know what they are called I can Google for a supplier.

The generic term is push-on fastener, a brand name that everyone knows
is Starlock.

On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:45:53 GMT, Tony Bryer
wrote:

In article .com,
Homer2911 wrote:
The sort of thing that goes either side of a sheet metal edge to give
a
stronger fixing using a self tapping screw and give a degree of
adjustability? Common on cars?

Nah, I thing those are called 'captive nuts' - different thing

I thought they were called spire clips?


They are.


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In article ,
Rumble .@. wrote:
I realised soon after posting that I was wrong. ;-) But I've a feeling
they have a name too. A captive nut suggests something a bolt goes into
rather than a self tapper.

http://shop.comdir.co.uk/Products.aspx?intGroupID=918

None of those are the type I'm thinking of. They're made out of thin strip
steel bent to a U shape and clip over a sheet metal edge.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

on a similar note ... I've seen reference to a special type of threaded
nut, used for quick fastening & unfastening on lengths of studding. The
idea is that with a bit of juicious ... tilting, pressing, or whatever,
you can slide the nut down most of the length of the studding. Then for
the last centimetre or so you tighten it up normally. I'm sure they
don't have the full strength of normal nuts but this would be OK for
the application I have in mind.

Any clues as to what these are called & where I might find some?

Ta
Jon N


Tony Bryer wrote:
In article .com,
Homer2911 wrote:
The sort of thing that goes either side of a sheet metal edge to give
a
stronger fixing using a self tapping screw and give a degree of
adjustability? Common on cars?

Nah, I thing those are called 'captive nuts' - different thing

I thought they were called spire clips?

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

None of those are the type I'm thinking of. They're made out of thin strip
steel bent to a U shape and clip over a sheet metal edge.

That's a spire nut, innit? (Spire being one of those proprietary names
that's acquired generic status.)

--
Andy

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Rumble .@. wrote:

I realised soon after posting that I was wrong. ;-) But I've a feeling
they have a name too. A captive nut suggests something a bolt goes into
rather than a self tapper.


http://shop.comdir.co.uk/Products.aspx?intGroupID=918


None of those are the type I'm thinking of. They're made out of thin strip
steel bent to a U shape and clip over a sheet metal edge.

Aren't they U-nuts (no offence!)?

In article ,
Chris Bacon wrote:
None of those are the type I'm thinking of. They're made out of thin strip
steel bent to a U shape and clip over a sheet metal edge.

Aren't they U-nuts (no offence!)?

I dunno. Think this group is turning into name that nut/tool.;-)

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 1 Dec 2005 08:26:32 -0800, "jkn" wrote:

on a similar note ... I've seen reference to a special type of threaded
nut, used for quick fastening & unfastening on lengths of studding. The
idea is that with a bit of juicious ... tilting, pressing, or whatever,
you can slide the nut down most of the length of the studding. Then for
the last centimetre or so you tighten it up normally.

Quick nuts. They're just a long threaded nut with a clearance hole
drilled through them at a very slight angle. Pigs to make - you need a
very rigid drill press, a wedged jig and a stub drill.

http://www.axminster.co.uk/name/fram...lamp-20903.htm

Andy Dingley wrote:
On 1 Dec 2005 08:26:32 -0800, "jkn" wrote:

on a similar note ... I've seen reference to a special type of threaded
nut, used for quick fastening & unfastening on lengths of studding. The
idea is that with a bit of juicious ... tilting, pressing, or whatever,
you can slide the nut down most of the length of the studding. Then for
the last centimetre or so you tighten it up normally.

Quick nuts. They're just a long threaded nut with a clearance hole
drilled through them at a very slight angle. Pigs to make - you need a
very rigid drill press, a wedged jig and a stub drill.

http://www.axminster.co.uk/name/fram...lamp-20903.htm

Thanks Andy!

jon N

On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:32:21 UTC, Andy Wade
wrote:

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

None of those are the type I'm thinking of. They're made out of thin strip
steel bent to a U shape and clip over a sheet metal edge.

That's a spire nut, innit? (Spire being one of those proprietary names
that's acquired generic status.)

'Speed nut' is the name I've always used. I guess we could start calling
them Clarksons..

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