Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "Robert Jarratt" Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 7:10 PM ... >> Here's Mouser's 578 pages of standoff choices: >> >> http://www.mouser.com/Electromechanical/Hardware/Standoffs- >> Spacers/_/N-aictf >> >> So maybe not original, but close enough functionally. >>

RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Robert Jarratt
> > Ah, thanks for saving me the trouble of digging out my own 6300. > > The exact nylon standoffs might be a bit difficult, but the metal parts could > easily be replaced with plain old threaded hex standoffs. The original metal > standoffs are press-fitted into place and my guess that they'll

Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Fred Cisin
___ From: cctalk on behalf of Robert Jarratt 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 B

Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread dwight
Rob, many of your messages are blank. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Robert Jarratt 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

Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 03/25/2016 02:25 PM, Robert Jarratt wrote: 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 sid

RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Robert Jarratt
> -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 > > Subject: RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter > > > I

RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Fred Cisin
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 a

RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Robert Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck > Guzis > Sent: 25 March 2016 15:31 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter > > I'l

Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Chuck Guzis
I'll have to open up my 6300 to see what they are, but my initial impression is that rivnuts might be just the ticket. I'll check later, however. --Chuck

Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Todd Goodman
* Robert Jarratt [160325 08:29]: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dave > > Wade > > Sent: 25 March 2016 12:16 > > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > > &g

RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Robert Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of tony duell > Sent: 25 March 2016 12:59 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter > > > &

RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread tony duell
> > Could they be 3d printed? Pictures might help... > > There are actually two varieties. The plastic ones probably could, but > actually I was > talking about the steel ones which probably can't. I have put it all away > again for > now so I can't get any pictures right now. I'll get it out

RE: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Robert Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dave > Wade > Sent: 25 March 2016 12:16 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter > > Could t

Re: Olivetti M24 Mounting Bushes for Bus Converter

2016-03-25 Thread Dave Wade
Could they be 3d printed? Pictures might help... On 25 Mar 2016 09:20, "Robert Jarratt" wrote: > The M24 I got the other day has the bus converter, whereas the other M24 > that I already had does not. I bought a bus converter for the "old" one, > but > then realised I didn't have any mounting bus