(Please see attached drawing for complete description, and zoom to see the writing in the pic)
These are special clips where you press down on the push tab and that opens the slot in the body where you can insert part leads such as from resistors and capacitors. After you insert several leads you release the tab and that compresses all the leads together which means they make electrical contact to each other and to the metal of the body. That means you can a bunch of them to make up a breadboard or just use them to connect other parts together for quick testing.
I purchased a bunch of these from Radio Shack way back in the 1980's but they dont seem to sell them anymore.
Anyone know where to get this now, or if they are even still being made?
Note that i am not interested in Fahnestock clips.
I haven't seen those in years. I have seen this style with the 1/2 slit design. I also ahve a few red and black real narrow lying around with the half slit design.
They were real practical so someone must still make and sell the things.
Thanks for the idea, but i see those are 14 dollars each, 10 would cost 140 dollars, yikes
They are very interesting too though.
The clips i am talking about where about 10 for a dollar or two so i hope somebody can find some somewhere. Thanks again.
I really liked those old clips as you could clip together as many as 5 or more small parts with one clip and not have to use alligator leads which adds unecessary lead length to the circuit to be tested. They were 'fairly' strong too so they made a good solid connection that stayed that way.
Yeah, I freaked when I saw the price. Hell with a pile of springs and number ten screws & washers they could be fabricared. I remember the ones you mentioned real well and yeah, Radio Shack a package of 10 was about a buck.
Looked in the parts drawer, next to the Fahnestock clips and the Keystone flea clips, and it was empty. Now I have to figure out where I put them. I hope I didn't give them away. I'll keep looking.
Is this the right clip? I couldn't find mine, but remembered we had some stuck away in never-to-be-used-again storage bin at work. Besides the clips, are a couple IC sockets with clips, and an 8-1/2"x17" perf' board w/ bus strips for them. All yours for the shipping.
Mine were slightly different...they had an islet at the top.
MrAL,
I have 6 of those just like the picture that Ken posted, if you will send me PM with your address I shall put them in a evelope and mail them to you at no cost.
Ned
I know this is an old thread, but in case anyone still wants them, they are available from www.micromark.com 25 pcs. for US$15. Check out the rest of their rally neat stuff for DIY! E
Too bad you can't get clips like this anymore. The DIY market just doesn't support products that help you to rapidly prototype your projects. Well, at least you can still get breadboards.
Didn't see your post, canadaelk. That's interesting...
I know this is an old thread, but in case anyone still wants them, they are available from www.micromark.com 25 pcs. for US$15. Check out the rest of their rally neat stuff for DIY! E