Re: OT: Whatzit?

Jim Thompson wrote:
Pissed at the light-bulb-changer suction cup repeatedly unscrewing
from my extension pole 16' up, I drilled a hole thru the plastic and
the pole and stuffed a nail in it to lock it in place ;-)

Now I need to do it right and get a clip that looks like this...

http://analog-innovations.com/SED/Whatzit.pdf

Anyone know what it's called and where to get it?

Thanks!

...Jim Thompson
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Jim,

You COULD use a Hitch Pin, if you need to remove and re-install it,
regularly.

Or, you could use a common Cotter Pin, with the open ends bent in
opposite directions around the shaft, after insertion. A cotter pin
should protrude much less beyond the shaft's diameter than a hitch pin.
And it should be much cheaper than a hitch pin.

Before it's installed, a cotter pin looks a lot like a hairpin. If you
have any long-enough hairpins handy, just use one of those. They even
have "no scratch" endcaps, and come in decorator colors.

- Tom Gootee

"He who lives in a glass house should not invite he who is without
sin."

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