Rob, many of your messages are blank. Dwight ________________________________________ From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> on behalf of Robert Jarratt <robert.jarr...@ntlworld.com> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 2:25 PM To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter
> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin > Sent: 25 March 2016 19:10 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter > > > I looked up rivnuts and they certainly look similar. They are > > definitely not standoffs though. I shall look closer at rivnuts. > > also look at nutserts. > > Riv-nuts are pop-rivets with a threaded center. Usable through sheet metal, > and into blind holes (very carefully) Nutserts call for drilling and threading a > hole and screwing them in. > > I'm assuming that you are talking about threaded inserts in a plastic piece? > I have posted the pictures here: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=FC758A5A91B91301!5776&authkey=!AOs6cfg 8p_qyB5Q&ithint=folder%2cjpg The pictures show three things: 1. The square holes that the mountings go into. 2. The top and bottom side of the steel mountings. 3. The top and bottom sides of the nylon (?) mountings. I find myself to really need the steel mountings to be able to mount the bus converter, I am hopeful that I can move a couple of existing nylon ones. Regards Rob
