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Posted by SteveB on September 14, 2008, 1:18 am
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On my barbecue, it came with several plastic fasteners. They look like a
bolt, but with the shaft made up of a split arrow head. It holds together
two pieces of sheet metal, and is used by simply pressing the arrowhead
through the holes in the sheet metal, and when it is in far enough, the
arrow points spring outward and it catches, and the head on one side and the
arrowhead point on the other keep it from coming out. All you see on the
outside is the round plastic head.
I'd like to find some to replace the ones that have gone missing. What is
the proper name for these? They are about 5/8" long, have a head of about
1/2", and a shaft diameter of about 1/4". They are black plastic.
Thanks.
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critic-the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly,
not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done."
Theodore Roosevelt 1891
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Posted by technomaNge on September 13, 2008, 11:51 pm
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SteveB wrote:
> On my barbecue, it came with several plastic fasteners. They look like a
> bolt, but with the shaft made up of a split arrow head. It holds together
> two pieces of sheet metal, and is used by simply pressing the arrowhead
> through the holes in the sheet metal, and when it is in far enough, the
> arrow points spring outward and it catches, and the head on one side and the
> arrowhead point on the other keep it from coming out. All you see on the
> outside is the round plastic head.
>
> I'd like to find some to replace the ones that have gone missing. What is
> the proper name for these? They are about 5/8" long, have a head of about
> 1/2", and a shaft diameter of about 1/4". They are black plastic.
>
> Thanks.
>
Don't remember what they are called but I found some in the auto parts
store. Not exactly like you described, but work the same.
technomaNge
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Posted by Larry Jaques on September 14, 2008, 9:18 am
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:51:41 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
>SteveB wrote:
>> On my barbecue, it came with several plastic fasteners. They look like a
>> bolt, but with the shaft made up of a split arrow head. It holds together
>> two pieces of sheet metal, and is used by simply pressing the arrowhead
>> through the holes in the sheet metal, and when it is in far enough, the
>> arrow points spring outward and it catches, and the head on one side and the
>> arrowhead point on the other keep it from coming out. All you see on the
>> outside is the round plastic head.
>>
>> I'd like to find some to replace the ones that have gone missing. What is
>> the proper name for these? They are about 5/8" long, have a head of about
>> 1/2", and a shaft diameter of about 1/4". They are black plastic.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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>Don't remember what they are called but I found some in the auto parts
>store. Not exactly like you described, but work the same.
Automotive trim fasteners, usually nylon.
http://tinyurl.com/5pfvrq
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Posted by Carl Ijames on September 13, 2008, 11:57 pm
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Some kind of push in rivet. Go to www.grainger.com and then page 2897
for a start.
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> On my barbecue, it came with several plastic fasteners. They look
> like a bolt, but with the shaft made up of a split arrow head. It
> holds together two pieces of sheet metal, and is used by simply
> pressing the arrowhead through the holes in the sheet metal, and when
> it is in far enough, the arrow points spring outward and it catches,
> and the head on one side and the arrowhead point on the other keep it
> from coming out. All you see on the outside is the round plastic
> head.
>
> I'd like to find some to replace the ones that have gone missing.
> What is the proper name for these? They are about 5/8" long, have a
> head of about 1/2", and a shaft diameter of about 1/4". They are
> black plastic.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> "...the man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere
> critic-the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and
> imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought
> to be done." Theodore Roosevelt 1891
>
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Posted by Winston on September 14, 2008, 1:33 am
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SteveB wrote:
> On my barbecue, it came with several plastic fasteners.
Arrow Clips?
http://www.voltplastics.com/catalog/HTML/sac1.html
Christmas tree clips?
https://secure.microplastics.com/detail.aspx?fam=5&part=326&sec=%e5%bd%9f%e6%9d%bf%eb%83%b1%e3%9f%8f%e7%9a%a6%e7%a1%86%c7%99%e1%81%aa
http://storefixturesandequipment.indoff.com/Catalog/Category/Data_Strip_-__Sign_Holders
--Winston
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> bolt, but with the shaft made up of a split arrow head. It holds together
> two pieces of sheet metal, and is used by simply pressing the arrowhead
> through the holes in the sheet metal, and when it is in far enough, the
> arrow points spring outward and it catches, and the head on one side and the
> arrowhead point on the other keep it from coming out. All you see on the
> outside is the round plastic head.
>
> I'd like to find some to replace the ones that have gone missing. What is
> the proper name for these? They are about 5/8" long, have a head of about
> 1/2", and a shaft diameter of about 1/4". They are black plastic.
>
> Thanks.
>