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Janice Glesser
Film Goddess

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From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2011

posted June 12, 2016 06:35 PM

I need to find a couple of very tiny clips...but don't know what they are called. Can anyone help me out with either a name or where I could find a supplier?

Here's what they look like. The two prongs go thru an opening and can be spread apart to fasten one part to another.

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
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posted June 12, 2016 06:51 PM

Hi Janice,

That's a new one on me: what's it made of?

-metal, nylon?

It looks like a classic McMaster-Carr kinda thing. Did you try them? You might consider e-mailing their Customer Service. Even if they don't have them maybe they can hang a name on it: half the battle!

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Andrew Woodcock
Film God

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From: Manchester Uk
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posted June 12, 2016 06:52 PM

Not quite the same, but the nearest thing to your photo is a split pin Janice.

Still has an eyelet like the one in the photograph, except much smaller typically.

https://www.accu.co.uk/en/split-pins/63880-HSPP-4-100-A4?uk_ google_shopping=1&c=3&gclid=COOY1sTVo80CFVRsGwodjGQHlw

The idea being, the eyelet only has to be large enough to avoid the entire pin traveling straight through the hole.
You buy the correct and precise diameter pin to suit the bore size of the drilled hole.

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
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posted June 12, 2016 07:28 PM

Interesting, Andy!

Here these are called cotter pins. They are actually the last line of defense holding the front wheels on a rear drive car: if they are gone the nut holding the bearings in place is free to turn and it's all downhill from there.

Is this the name for them there too?

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Andrew Woodcock
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posted June 12, 2016 07:31 PM

It is indeed Steve, either/or.

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Janice Glesser
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From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
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posted June 12, 2016 08:05 PM

Cotter Pin !!!!! YES...that's it! Thanks guys. Now at least I can do a search.

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Janice

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
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posted June 12, 2016 08:30 PM

It's not exactly a cotter pin: those you usually bend the ends over.

-the idea is similar, though.

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Janice Glesser
Film Goddess

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From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2011

posted June 12, 2016 09:27 PM

Here is a pic of the old broken cotter pin I want to replace. There are actually 2 of these that hold the gate guide on my Pathex projector. Both pins broke removing the gate.

Here's what the broken pin looks like.

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Janice

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Tom Spielman
Master Film Handler

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From: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Registered: Apr 2016

posted June 12, 2016 09:49 PM

Yeah, looks like a cotter pin to me.

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Barry Fritz
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Burnsville, MN, USA
Registered: Dec 2009

posted June 13, 2016 10:49 AM

Yep. Easy to find at any hardware store and most auto parts store. They come in many different sizes.

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Ken Finch
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Herne Bay, Kent. U.K.
Registered: Oct 2011

posted June 13, 2016 03:54 PM

Yes , its a Cotter pin Janice. The uneven lengths make it easier to bend them over. The ones on your Baby probably became brittle with age. A bit like me!!!! Ken Finch.

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Pasquale DAlessio
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From: Bristol,RI, USA
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posted June 13, 2016 04:00 PM

Ace the hardware place has load of them.

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