Other What are these called?

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  1. talladega

    talladega I'm Squidward

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    What is the name for these?

    I wanting to get some for a project I am working no but have no clue what they are called. They are made of metal and are rather small. They are used to clip things into them like a rod or whatever.

    Here's a sketchup I made to show what it is....



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    Hopefully someone knows what they are called.
     
  2. quietguy

    quietguy D'orc

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    It's either a thingamajig or a whatchamacallit. It's definately not a mucket though.
     
  3. RinSewand

    RinSewand What's a Dremel?

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    It's a widget!

    RwD
     
  4. notatoad

    notatoad pretty fing wonderful

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    i'd call it a "bent scrap of metal". or a rod hanger.

    edit: no, it's a conduit clamp (see john, i can be productive too :p )
     
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  5. jhanlon303

    jhanlon303 The Keeper of History

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    On a productive note - how small is small? Shower curtain ring small? Ball point pen small? Clip what to tubing?

    john
     
  6. talladega

    talladega I'm Squidward

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    Small is small enough to hold a 3/8" or so rod in it. I should have mentioned that.

    They arent necessarily shaped exactly like that. I only spent a few min on that. But you get the idea Im sure.


    supertoad, sorry thats not what I want. :(


    edit: heres one that looks better

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  7. Journeyer

    Journeyer Minimodder

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    I'd just call them brackets and be done with it. :D

    On a more serious note though:

    There are these things, which would translate to something like tube-/pipe-wrappers.
    Then there are these, which seem more solid and which would translate to something like tube-/pipe-clamps.

    Those are the ones I were able to find rapidly, and I think a common name for them would be something along the lines of pipe-clamps.
     
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  8. capnPedro

    capnPedro Hacker. Maker. Engineer.

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  9. Smilodon

    Smilodon The Antagonist

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    Could be a cane holder of some sort. They normally have these small square-ish rubber rollers on them, though.
     
  10. notatoad

    notatoad pretty fing wonderful

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    what are you planning to use them for?
     
  11. talladega

    talladega I'm Squidward

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    its for my shifter I made for my PC.I have it finished already and currently using spring to keep it in place but the wires I soldered onto the springs dont always keep a secure connection. I've seen someone use things just like I posted to hold the shifter rod in gear. That will have a way better connection between the rod and I wont have problems with it 'jumping out of gear'.

    I'll see if I can find a pic of someone else using it.
     
  12. kingred

    kingred Surfacing sucks!

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    Pipe retention brackets, according to the ford assembly library.
     
  13. outlawaol

    outlawaol Geeked since 1982

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    Looks like a curtain rod holder to me... or something'or'other...

    Why not head to a local hardware store and find one? I once shopped around a Menards for like 30 minutes trying to find some 'banding' metal... it seemed if you didnt know the exact name for it no one in the store had a clue. Better off just looking for it! :D
     
  14. talladega

    talladega I'm Squidward

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    here we go. found a picture.

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    it looks just like that, but made of metal.
     
  15. Atomic

    Atomic Gerwaff

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  16. Smilodon

    Smilodon The Antagonist

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    Why not just use some magnets? You already have the guide at the top.
     
  17. talladega

    talladega I'm Squidward

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    rod is aluminum.... :(

    I'll try looking around. Thanks for trying to help guys...
     
  18. Atomic

    Atomic Gerwaff

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    Go into your local hardware store and look around in the plumbing section. Pipe clips are quite common and come in a variety of different sizes/shapes.
     
  19. boiled_elephant

    boiled_elephant Merom Celeron 4 lyfe

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    Trying? Didn't atomic get it with this?

    Looks exactly right to me...did you scroll all the way down? There's one like this:

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    Vaguely resembles your second mock-up.

    To be honest if it's not on that page he linked it probably doesn't exist :)
     
  20. Bozzy34

    Bozzy34 What's a Dremel?

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