Cube nuts?

[buchacho]

I bought a PCB that came with some cube nuts that were threaded in two directions at 90 degrees so they could be used as a kind of bracket to hold the board in place in a metal U-bracket. I lost them and figured I could easily find a replacement. I think the size of the threads were something like M3, but I cannot find them in a web search for "cube nuts" is there another name I should search by, or are these not common?

 

[ctopher]

I work around a lot of cube nuts.

I have never heard the term for a piece of hardware. Is it some type of standoff?

Chris, CSWA
SolidWorks 13
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[buchacho]

lol, yeah, kind of. I just found this link: [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.newark.com/ettinger/05-60-533/cube-standoff-threaded-m3-10ni/dp/59M4074[/url] I need to take a measurement since its overall dimensions seem a little big.

 

[MikeHalloran]

Sorry, found no such thing.
Time to houseclean...

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

[buchacho]

Yeah, I need to houseclean for sure, but if I can find a good supply of them, they would be useful for other projects. =)

 

[hendersdc]

Richco makes these for mounting PCBs:Link but the overalls are even bigger than the part in the link you posted.

Doug

 

[buchacho]

Thanks for the link. Those look nice too, maybe for a different board design.

 

[HDS]

Get some more from whereever you go the first ones.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Ettinger has a good selection of those.

https://www.ettinger.de/en/product/search#58/ART_GRUPPE=60&ART_BAUART=BEFEST

 

[1gibson]

I've just got hand tools and a drill press, but I think I'd make my own because it would be faster than identifying the component and trying to find a source. Did you lose some of them or all of them? Contact manufacturer?