Edge clips

I do not know of a source, but I think you should give us an idea of what y ou are trying to do. I have some stainless banding material and it would b e no big deal to cut some lengths and bend to shape. But I doubt if the cl amping force would be enough. Regular steel banding material is stiffer. You could probably go to Lowes or Home Depot and get some free used banding .

If you took the arms off , would a clip for papers work?

Dan

Tim Wescott prodded the keyboard with:

I've seen them used on washing machines for joining two thin flat sheets of metal together. They usually have a dog on them that digs into the sheet that stops them from coming loose or being removed. All the ones I've seen have been plain spring steel. There is a company in Birmingham UK that makes them, I can't remember the name for the moment... Try "Lee Springs"

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.

What? Why?

I want to clip two fiberglass panels together, compressing a gasket that's in between. Then I want to put a rubber edge seal around the whole shebang.

In theory just the rubber edge seal would do, but I don't want to try to explain that thinking to an unhappy customer.

Almost, yes. The typical rolled edges of that sort of paper clip would be a bit of an issue, but not much.

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.

Without knowing your use or if it is a clip you need, my first thought is aluminum channel. Cut it to the length you want for each clip. It also comes in different widths, so your throat can be what ever you can find available. Lowes and HD stock some sizes. Mikek

That almost sounds like making thermopane windows.

Dan

Are there clips available for thermopane windows?

If this will need a finished look, look at some of the push on windlass trim used on vehicles. Basically U shaped rubber channel with a long spring clip inside it. Push it onto the edge and it grips and locks in place.

Not that I know of. But Thermopane windows do not have any clips on the finished window. They rely on the sealant to hold the pieces together.

You could probably just use c-clamps to hold the pieces of fiberglass together. And apply sealant except right at the c-clamps. And after the sealant hos set up, remove the c-clamps , and apply sealant where the c-clamps were.

Dan

Does it ever! I had quite a time removing the old lower window (beltline) rubber sealing strips from my truck.

Or just apply the sealant- pop the two peices together, and clamp them untill the sealant has set.. Or just butter the joint with resin and microballoons and pop it together. (But I assume the reason for gasket and clips is to allow future dissassembly??)

Composite aircraft and fiberglass auto bodies are fabricated by this method all the time.

Clips of that general type are used by (picture) framing shops. They're used to hold a poster, drawing or other art on paper between a sheet of foamcore board and a sheet of clear plastic.

Nice resource!

Extremely fair pricing and shipping. Some places gild their prices for any kind of body clip. It truly sucks. C&F is great.

Saved for future purchases!

I'm trying to come up with a plan B in case we decide that gluing things together permanently is a bad idea.

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Spring-steel paint-can clips are available in several sizes with various finishes. I haven't seen any in stainless.

Gee, how could permanent glue, duct tape, bubblegum, or baling wire _ever_ be a bad idea, Tim?

The engineers at SouthCom, Int'l. (ca 1972) solvent-glued lexan windows into the lexan front panels of their manpack radios. As a QA inspector, I bounced dozens and my boss OKed only slightly fewer. (I mean, who needs to see the state of the battery charge or the xmit power out on the battlefield, anyway? I'm sure the (Paki) soldiers were perfectly happy with cloudy windows.)

P.S: I personally believe that Crom invented o-rings for a purpose.

I paid $5 at AutoZone for a little package of clips just so I could get the one for my tailgate actuation rod.

You betcha!