[QuadList] fun questions for you hardware gurus

[Dennis Degan]

		On Jan 20, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Dave Sieg wrote:

 > Like the previous "what is it" questions, here is a picture for you  
to guess some details about.
 > I found these going through my esoteric junk boxes today and  
thought about the quad group contests.

		I offer:

	Those look like transport buttons from an Ampex MM1000, but I'm  
guessing.  They don't look like VTR buttons to me.


		Dave also posted:

 > The second drawing is my real question.
 > The first drawing is of a nut with a bulb on the end,usually  
aluminum, that is often used on covers of rackmount equipment to hold  
the front plate on or somesuch.  It mates to metal or sometimes rubber  
brackets that hold the plate firmly in place, but all you have to do  
is yank on the plate and pull it off.  They are usually tapped with  
6/32 or 4/40 threads.  I can't figure out what to call it much less  
find it.  I've used the extensive hardware searches on Mouser, Newark,  
and DigiKey but without a name... What's it called?  Where can I get  
some?

		I guess:

	I could be wrong, but I've always called these things 'nibs' or  
'nubs'.  I cannot imagine where you could find them except of course  
from a company that makes racks.

		Dave added:

 > The second should be really simple too, its an insulated standoff  
that I've seen in quad machines (not totally OT, this post) and tube  
type amplifiers.  Also usually a 6/32 nut with an insulator then a  
stalk to solder components to.  I guess there is no call for these  
anymore, but I'd sure like to find a supply of them at a not too  
exhorbitant price.

		I shrug:

	That one I've never seen so I can't help.

			Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
					     NBC Today Show, New York



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