---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 06/20/15: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:40 AM - Re: basic questions on terminal strips (Robert L. Nuckolls, III) 2. 10:22 AM - Re: basic questions on terminal strips (Ken Ryan) 3. 12:35 PM - Re: basic questions on terminal strips (Ken Ryan) 4. 05:28 PM - Re: basic questions on terminal strips (Charlie England) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:40:24 AM PST US From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: basic questions on terminal strips At 12:01 AM 6/20/2015, you wrote: >Thanks everyone for the ideas regarding terminal strips. I will make >my own using the captive stud approach as suggested by Bob. I feel >much better about that approach than the terminal strip I had chosen. A hex headed screw is easy to 'captivate' in your base material. I.e. pressing a screw like this Emacs! to bottom out in a 1/4" counterbore will force the hex-points into a good grip on the base. Experiment a bit . . . I might have used a 9/32" bore . . . it's been awhile. You don't want to break the base with "too much grip." McMaster-Carr can offer you grade-8, hex screws but you need to buy a pkg of 25. Any good hardware store's specialty screws bins may offer smaller lots of similar screws. Use a washer and nut on the top side and some epoxy fill underneath to finish installing the stud. I have a chunk of Delrin about 0.35 x 0.77 x 8 inches that I'll donate to the cause if you'll photograph your process and finished product to share with the List. If finding the 'golden' hardware is problematic, I can pick it up on my next trip to ICT. Shoot me a mailing address. Bob . . . ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:22:11 AM PST US From: Ken Ryan Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: basic questions on terminal strips Thanks Bob. I think I have what I need in the shop to do it about three different ways, and if not it should be easy to find right here in Anchorage. On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 8:38 AM, Robert L. Nuckolls, III < nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com> wrote: > At 12:01 AM 6/20/2015, you wrote: > > Thanks everyone for the ideas regarding terminal strips. I will make my > own using the captive stud approach as suggested by Bob. I feel much better > about that approach than the terminal strip I had chosen. > > > A hex headed screw is easy to 'captivate' in your > base material. I.e. pressing a screw like this > > [image: Emacs!] > > to bottom out in a 1/4" counterbore will force the > hex-points into a good grip on the base. Experiment > a bit . . . I might have used a 9/32" bore . . . it's > been awhile. You don't want to break the base with > "too much grip." > > McMaster-Carr can offer you grade-8, hex screws > but you need to buy a pkg of 25. Any good hardware store's > specialty screws bins may offer smaller lots of similar > screws. Use a washer and nut on the top side and > some epoxy fill underneath to finish installing > the stud. > > I have a chunk of Delrin about 0.35 x 0.77 x 8 inches > that I'll donate to the cause if you'll photograph your > process and finished product to share with the List. > > If finding the 'golden' hardware is problematic, > I can pick it up on my next trip to ICT. Shoot > me a mailing address. > > Bob . . . > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 12:35:36 PM PST US From: Ken Ryan Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: basic questions on terminal strips UHMW + standard AN3 hardware seems to have worked pretty well. Pics attached. On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Ken Ryan wrote: > Thanks Bob. I think I have what I need in the shop to do it about three > different ways, and if not it should be easy to find right here in > Anchorage. > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 8:38 AM, Robert L. Nuckolls, III < > nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com> wrote: > >> At 12:01 AM 6/20/2015, you wrote: >> >> Thanks everyone for the ideas regarding terminal strips. I will make my >> own using the captive stud approach as suggested by Bob. I feel much better >> about that approach than the terminal strip I had chosen. >> >> >> A hex headed screw is easy to 'captivate' in your >> base material. I.e. pressing a screw like this >> >> [image: Emacs!] >> >> to bottom out in a 1/4" counterbore will force the >> hex-points into a good grip on the base. Experiment >> a bit . . . I might have used a 9/32" bore . . . it's >> been awhile. You don't want to break the base with >> "too much grip." >> >> McMaster-Carr can offer you grade-8, hex screws >> but you need to buy a pkg of 25. Any good hardware store's >> specialty screws bins may offer smaller lots of similar >> screws. Use a washer and nut on the top side and >> some epoxy fill underneath to finish installing >> the stud. >> >> I have a chunk of Delrin about 0.35 x 0.77 x 8 inches >> that I'll donate to the cause if you'll photograph your >> process and finished product to share with the List. >> >> If finding the 'golden' hardware is problematic, >> I can pick it up on my next trip to ICT. Shoot >> me a mailing address. >> >> Bob . . . >> > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:28:40 PM PST US From: Charlie England Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: basic questions on terminal strips ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message aeroelectric-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/AeroElectric-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/aeroelectric-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/aeroelectric-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.