What is it called ?

Something like these:

or something here:

The rivet type seem difficult to find these days. I do have a load of various lengths if you want to turn then to length ... .

I'm not sure there is a universal term, I've seen them called PCB spacers, spacers, stand-offs and mounting posts. Electronics suppliers should have a selection:

Look under Hardware > Fixings & PCB Mounts

Look under Mechanical > Fasteners > Spacers

On my recent travels through electronics suppliers catalogues I've not seen any with a rivet as such on the 'bottom' though, they tend to be either plastic clips or a thread.

A little tale about Farnell: Last order I got from them was a goodly selection of (mostly electronic) bits, including two 1m lengths of threaded rod. The threaded rod was sent in a separate box, over a metre long and 20cm square. £2 worth of stainless in 50p worth of box with what must have been more than £1.50 worth of shipping (to them, it was free to me). There was plenty of space in the box for the other items, but they came in a further two boxes. I think someone in their packaging department must really hate trees :)

Tim

PEM

extended hank bushes and that sort of support item in metal.

Heyco (Poole, Dorset) and Richco (Dartford, Kent) do plastic PCB standoffs.

Peter

-- Peter A Forbes Prepair Ltd, Luton, UK snipped-for-privacy@easynet.co.uk

I think they are called Hank Bushes.

fwiw I know them as "stand offs

-- olmo

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Thankyou Everyone, unfortunatly the search continues. I'll try to get a photograph of the few 'thingies' that I have left in the hope that a picture will describe it better. On the topic of postage of small items, I received a box of 2 IC's who's total weight must have been about 3 grammes and easily hidden under a single postage stamp, which was sent from the US in a box of about 3 feet long by 6 inches by 3 inches. The packing material must have weighed more than double the products weight. Thankyou Analog Devices.. atb, Mike

Mike

I would love to know more about this wonderful packaging material you received.

Problem with tiny packages is they don't have enough room for addresses, packing slips, stamps etc, so the sender has to bulk it up a bit. In your case they really went over the top!

Two ICs that would fit under a stamp must only weigh a few grams, so the packaging they used must be really high tech Aerogel or something.

Ian Phillips