[TheForge] Need help finding a part -- or it's name at least

[Bruce .]

Thanks, Jay.  A 10-24 shoulder screw with a 1/8" shoulder could work. (I
couldn't find  shoulder rivets.)

The damned things aren't cheap, though -- nearly $2 each in qtty 5!

Still the idea is a good one.  Possibly I could use a short piece of
thin-wall tube as a "shoulder" on a round-headed screw.  Might could work.
Maybe I could even use a pop-rivet through such a short piece of tubing --
installing it backwards, so to speak, so the head of the pop rivet forms
the locking member that engages the keyhole.  That might be real easy.

Thanks, all.


Bruce
NJ


On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Jay Hayes <xmas4lites at earthlink.net>wrote:

> Bruce, what you are looking for is a shoulder rivet, a shoulder screw, or
> shoulder bolt. In some applications they are called Frankenstein Bolts.
> Another approach uses a machined thimble or an eyelet to provide the proper
> clearance to engage in the keyhole, held in place with a standard screw or
> rivet.
>
> Jay
>
>
> On 5/26/2014 12:13 AM, Bruce . wrote:
>
>> I'm working on plans for lightweight, portable forges, and I have a good
>> approach to a problem that uses a very common idea -- but I can't find the
>> hardware I need to implement it, or even the NAME of the hardware, to
>> facilitate finding it.
>>
>> You've all seen keyhole slots:
>> http://www.woodfit.com/images/BP500%20Keyhole%20plate%20C.jpg
>> http://www.pinbax.com/items/A4413.jpg
>> http://ledmuseum.candlepower.us/third/sock5.jpg
>> http://www.govart.com/images/hwr_keyhole_hdLG.jpg
>> and so forth.
>>
>> Well, I have an application in which I want to lock one sheet metal device
>> to another.  I can put a keyhole slot in the one -- but I need the
>> appropriate stud for the other.
>>
>> Anyone have a clue where to look for such a thing?
>>
>> Right now have no better idea than to use a nail head, the nail retained
>> in
>> some manner in the opposing part.  I'd like to come up with something
>> better than that!
>>
>>
>> Bruce
>> NJ
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