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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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Pissed at the light-bulb-changer suction cup repeatedly unscrewing
from my extension pole 16' up, I drilled a hole thru the plastic and
the pole and stuffed a nail in it to lock it in place ;-)

Now I need to do it right and get a clip that looks like this...

http://analog-innovations.com/SED/Whatzit.pdf

Anyone know what it's called and where to get it?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson
 
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Sjouke Burry

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim said:
Pissed at the light-bulb-changer suction cup repeatedly unscrewing
from my extension pole 16' up, I drilled a hole thru the plastic and
the pole and stuffed a nail in it to lock it in place ;-)

Now I need to do it right and get a clip that looks like this...

http://analog-innovations.com/SED/Whatzit.pdf

Anyone know what it's called and where to get it?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson
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Retaining clip? And search an industrial
catalog for that.
 
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rebel

Jan 1, 1970
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Pissed at the light-bulb-changer suction cup repeatedly unscrewing
from my extension pole 16' up, I drilled a hole thru the plastic and
the pole and stuffed a nail in it to lock it in place ;-)

Now I need to do it right and get a clip that looks like this...

http://analog-innovations.com/SED/Whatzit.pdf

Anyone know what it's called and where to get it?
Click to expand...

Seen them tagged as clevis pins.
 
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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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Seen them tagged as clevis pins.
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Rebel, I think you're right... thanks for jogging my memory!

...Jim Thompson
 
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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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Pissed at the light-bulb-changer suction cup repeatedly unscrewing
from my extension pole 16' up, I drilled a hole thru the plastic and
the pole and stuffed a nail in it to lock it in place ;-)

Now I need to do it right and get a clip that looks like this...

http://analog-innovations.com/SED/Whatzit.pdf

Anyone know what it's called and where to get it?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson
Click to expand...

Ken Kornstett, via E-mail, pointed me to....

http://www.acehardware.com/product/...43.1305654&parentPage=family&searchId=1305654

a "hitch pin", which is exactly what I need.

Thanks again, Ken!

...Jim Thompson
 
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Howard Eisenhauer

Jan 1, 1970
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Not sure what you're using for a CAD program there Jim but if I were
you I'd get my money back, jeez you could probably hand draw a better
pic than that !

H.

p.s.- Home Despot etc. have binloads of those things in the hardware
aisle :).
 
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Howard Eisenhauer

Jan 1, 1970
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Not sure what you're using for a CAD program there Jim but if I were
you I'd get my money back, jeez you could probably hand draw a better
pic than that !

H.

p.s.- Home Despot etc. have binloads of those things in the hardware
aisle :).
 
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JeffM

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim said:
http://analog-innovations.com/SED/Whatzit.pdf
Anyone know what it's called
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A "clip" is exactly what it is called.
http://66.102.9.104/images?q=pull-pins+OR+pull-pin+clip

Also used (but not as common) is "safety clip":
http://66.102.9.104/images?q=site:everythingsuv.com+Remove-safety-clip

(You've probably heard the giant ones called "hood pins".)
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and where to get it?
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I would think any good hardware store.
Home Depot has already been mentioned.
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It's certainly not one of these:
http://66.102.9.104/images?q=clevis-pin
(though it may be used with one--much as it can be with a pull pin).
 
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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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Not sure what you're using for a CAD program there Jim but if I were
you I'd get my money back, jeez you could probably hand draw a better
pic than that !

H.

p.s.- Home Despot etc. have binloads of those things in the hardware
aisle :).
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[snip]

Hand-drawn, then scanned to a PDF ;-)

...Jim Thompson
 
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colin

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim Thompson said:
Pissed at the light-bulb-changer suction cup repeatedly unscrewing
from my extension pole 16' up, I drilled a hole thru the plastic and
the pole and stuffed a nail in it to lock it in place ;-)

Now I need to do it right and get a clip that looks like this...

http://analog-innovations.com/SED/Whatzit.pdf

Anyone know what it's called and where to get it?

Thanks!
Click to expand...

Its called a P clip here or also an R clip
(as it looks exactly like an R)
any place that sells a good range of nuts and bolts etc shld have it.

Colin =^.^=
 
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Martine Riddle

Jan 1, 1970
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Local U-Haul, which usually is the Reese Hitch dealer as well. Or West
marine or other boating place.

Cheers
 
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Martine Riddle

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim Thompson said:
Pissed at the light-bulb-changer suction cup repeatedly unscrewing
from my extension pole 16' up, I drilled a hole thru the plastic and
the pole and stuffed a nail in it to lock it in place ;-)

Now I need to do it right and get a clip that looks like this...

http://analog-innovations.com/SED/Whatzit.pdf

Anyone know what it's called and where to get it?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson
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A poorly drawn 'Treble Clef" ?

Cheers
 
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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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A poorly drawn 'Treble Clef" ?

Cheers
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Might surprise everyone here, but I CAN draw a treble clef, properly
positioned ;-)

...Jim Thompson
 
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Michael A. Terrell

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim said:
Not sure what you're using for a CAD program there Jim but if I were
you I'd get my money back, jeez you could probably hand draw a better
pic than that !

H.

p.s.- Home Despot etc. have binloads of those things in the hardware
aisle :).
Click to expand...
[snip]

Hand-drawn, then scanned to a PDF ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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Why didn't you just draw it on the glass with a Sharpie? I used a
ultra fine Sharpie to write "clean me!" in very small block letters on
the corner of the glass on a decrepit old Xerox copier at Microdyne.

You should have seen them trying to figure out how it got on every
sheet. As soon as they left to get someone from support to look at it,
I wiped it off with IPA. ;-)


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
 
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Michael A. Terrell

Jan 1, 1970
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Martine said:
A poorly drawn 'Treble Clef" ?

Cheers
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I'm sure that it was no treble at all. ;-)


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
 
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Don Foreman

Jan 1, 1970
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Don Bruder

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim Thompson said:
Pissed at the light-bulb-changer suction cup repeatedly unscrewing
from my extension pole 16' up, I drilled a hole thru the plastic and
the pole and stuffed a nail in it to lock it in place ;-)

Now I need to do it right and get a clip that looks like this...

http://analog-innovations.com/SED/Whatzit.pdf

Anyone know what it's called and where to get it?
Click to expand...

When I was on the road with carnies years ago, most of us called them
"R-Keys", with a few referring to them as "Hairpins".

They should be available (in a mind-boggling array of sizes, from half
an inch long and a quarter inch wide, made out of what looks like 16
gauge wire, to monsters 8 inches or more long with legs made of wire as
thick as your thumb) at any hardware store worth the name. You'll find
(mostly) bigger ones (3-4 inch length, 3/16"-1/4" or so wire diameter)
at any decently stocked farm-equipment place. You can probably find
find a couple similar-sized ones at most, but not all, feed/grain places.
 
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