Help Finding Hardware?

Why not just take a couple over to a local electrical supply house and ask for a hundred of "these things"? They will probably tell you where to get them if they don't have any. We used to call them strain relief's.

JC

Do you have room to slide a piece od 1/4" plastic tubing over top of whatever cable or pipe you are using? If so have a look at the M25 midget clips on this page:

"Artemus" wrote in news:hoojr1$n6b$ snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org:

Part of the problem is that a lot of folks are now using plastic clamps of one sort or another. For phone wire, I've been using plastic clips that come with nails pre-installed for decades now, and they sell adhesive backed ones as well. I need the clamps to be vaguely conductive for anti-static reasons, so most plastics are out.

Doug White

"Lyndell Thompson" wrote in news:BMidnfn1QsDSTzLWnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@insightbb.com:

The clamps holds 1/8" steel rod, and the connection needs to be conductive. In addition, the rod is bent, so it would be a bit difficult to get the tubing on.

Doug White

Can you use copper and cut one side of these off?

Take a look at McMaster 2978T65, it meets your dimensions and does not have a hole (adhesive backed), so you could drill the size hole you want. It's also nylon, but perhaps that is fine for your application.

H.H. Smith makes them, kinda pricey.

How about adding a little contact spring to solve the conductivity issue and let you use the more available nylon straps?

"John R. Carroll" wrote in news:upidnfEWS4fQTzLWnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

I can find something similar almost anywhere. Keystone makes most of the ones electronics distributors carry, they just don't make them that small. The trick is finding a source for this specific size & hole diameter. If the places I've already tried don't carry them, the odds of the local electrical supply house having them is pretty tiny. I can give it a shot. I've checked the catalogs of most of the companies that supply such things to the electrical trade, like Thomas & Betts, Raco, etc. & they all have larger and/or plastic clamps.

Doug White

I recognize them. My father used to work for ma bell as an installer and he had a few pounds of them at home. They were used to secure JKT wire(now apparently called station wire) runs. No idea on suppliers though. Art

I have some 1/8" one hole clamps similar to what you are asking for. I'll try to grab one and measure it. FWIW, I recently ordered it from McMaster to anchor a wire mesh cage over a small transformer. Someone was worried that some slacker might lay their arm on an exposed 1.5KVA dry transformer and find it was hot. I could lay my hand on it for 30 seconds before being bored.

Oh heck, I kept looking, will McMaster 9434T11 work for you?

Wes

-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

Looks like you're in luck Doug. $40.00 a hundred is a little pricey but probably not unreasonable in the grand scheme of things.

See page 18 of this catalog section:

"Lyndell Thompson" wrote in news:6fadnVVayrjuRTLWnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@insightbb.com:

That's for 1/8" pipe, which is a lot bigger than 1/8" OD.

Doug White

"azotic" wrote in news:eRQrn.129241$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe05.iad:

That one is for 1/4" OD cables. HOWEVER, it looks like they also make a

THANK YOU! I had checked Allied, but didn't find these. So much for their search engine. As for being pricey, 30 cents each to save a coupel of machining steps sounds like a bargain to me. Also, I bet I can find them cheaper elsewhere.

Doug White

Wes wrote in news:k3Rrn.283820$ snipped-for-privacy@en-nntp-04.dc.easynews.com:

Those were the first ones I found, but they are too wide. However, it looks like soemone found something close enough at Allied Electronics, despite my earlier searching there.

Doug White

"Denis G." wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@q23g2000yqd.googlegroups.com:

Bingo! We have another winner! That gives me even more options.

You guys are fantastic. Thanks!

Doug White

I guess you missed this from Tom

"H.H. Smith makes them, kinda pricey."

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Looks like a dead ringer.

They look a lot like a brake line clip. I've seen them down to 3/16" normally but I would bet a tap on the curve would make them fit 1/8"