What are these nut/bolt things called?

[Brazen]

Anybody know if those stupid nut things next to like parallel/vga/serial ports have a special name, and more importantly does anybody know where I can purchase a bunch of them?

If you don't know what I'm talking about here and here is pictures.

 

[Brazen]

anybody?

 

[SGtheArtist]

I do not know of a name for these items however I was able to acquire some by going to my local mom & pop PC store and asking them for a bag of spare nuts & bolts for my PC. They charged me $5 but I had what I needed. You could also unscrew them from an old machine that doesnt need them anymore.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[Brazen]

Originally posted by: SGtheArtist
I do not know of a name for these items however I was able to acquire some by going to my local mom & pop PC store and asking them for a bag of spare nuts & bolts for my PC. They charged me $5 but I had what I needed. You could also unscrew them from an old machine that doesnt need them anymore.

Just my 2 cents.

thanks, using some from old machines is a good idea, as we probably have plenty. I don't know why I didn't think of that

Our local Mom and Pop store never has stuff like that, but yeah I suppose I could at least check. I was hoping I could just order a bunch cheap from Newegg, but I can't find them.

 

[SGtheArtist]

Well I'm glad I helped. I've never seen anyone sell these online.

 

[zikronix]

frys electonics sells them. but its better if you rob them form an old machine

 

[Jeff7]

All Electronics calls them threaded hex male-female standoffs.

 

[SGtheArtist]

Cool

 

[Brazen]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
All Electronics calls them threaded hex male-female standoffs.

Thanks. Now what did I do with that threaded hex male-female standoff.....

 

[Zepper]

I think you can get them from cyberguys.com. They are called D-Sub mounting hardware. They are 4-40 standard thread. Most anyplace that sells D-Sub connectors (the ones used for serial and parallel ports), like Radio Shack, DigiKey, etc., also sell the mounting hardware. I try to keep some in my parts jar at all times.

.bh.