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“Fanstock Clip-rivit” what is it?

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25 June 2015 at 19:24 #194911
JasonB
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I have just got another set of castings and on one of the parts it says to use a "Fanstock clip-rivit" which I have never heard of and it seems neither has Google, does anyone know what they are (its a US engine if that helps)

The part it refers to is the thin brass bit of the rear of the rivit mid way along this spring steel strip on the full size engine

Thanks in advance, J.
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25 June 2015 at 19:24 #23957
JasonB
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25 June 2015 at 19:43 #194913
Keith Long
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Jason – try an alternative spelling -"fahnestock".

Fahnestock clips are some sort of "vintage" electrical connector – does that make sense?
25 June 2015 at 19:48 #194915
MichaelR
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Jason, Try Fahnestock Clip or see Here **LINK** not sure if it will be of help, it's some sort of electrical connection.

Mike
25 June 2015 at 19:49 #194916
john swift 1
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Hi JasonB

I've seen fahnestock clips use on old american valve(tube) radio's

have a look at

https://www.tubesandmore.com/products/S-H11-4043-6

john

Edited By john swift 1 on 25/06/2015 19:51:12
25 June 2015 at 19:49 #194917
Martin Cottrell
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Just beat me to it Keith! Fahnestock clip used to secure the bared end of an electric cable.

Regards Martin.
25 June 2015 at 19:52 #194918
JasonB
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Thanks Chaps that looks like it and yes it takes one of the electrical contacts to complete the ignition circuit
25 June 2015 at 20:23 #194920
Nigel McBurney 1
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Commonly used on the igniter on vintage Amanco and other stationary engines,made of brass and longer than the clip in the photo above,to fit the wire (from the magneto) the the clip is pressed and the wire inserted into the pressed vee,
25 June 2015 at 23:30 #194937
Roderick Jenkins
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That looks like the perfect thing to make out of BeCu – springy and a good conductor.

Rod
26 June 2015 at 07:19 #194941
JasonB
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I think I have a small offcut left over from the electrical contacts on another hit & miss engine, funny enough it was another Monitor engine, this one is for the small 1 1/4HP VJ Monitor (vertical jack)
26 June 2015 at 08:31 #194946
John McNamara
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Yes it was sometimes used on the back of old radios to attach a battery or an Arial wire.

Gee have not seen one since I was a kid.

Mr Google likes plain English

This was my search:

vintage radio battery brass clip

**LINK**

Regards
John
26 June 2015 at 09:37 #194958
Martin Kyte
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They are also found on synchronome slave clocks.

Martin
26 June 2015 at 11:23 #194966
Ian S C
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Used to be used(by me)for aerial and earth, and head phone connections on crystal sets, used to get them off old 1 1/2 v telephone batteries, the big one about 6" high by 2 1/2" diameter. Some of the kits by Dick Smith(Australia) were wired up with Fahnstock clips, I think there are still a few around here, although I gave most of them the a mate with old hit and miss engines.

Ian S C
26 June 2015 at 13:22 #194980
Neil Wyatt
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Hi Jason:

Let me google that for you

To be fair, google offered me the corrected spelling. and its a Fahnestock clip that is used with a rivet, not a 'rivet clip'.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahnestock_clip

Can't believe I beat Michael G. to that one ;&#39

Neil
26 June 2015 at 13:40 #194984
JasonB
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I was only going by what it said on the drawing Neil, can't help that the guy who did the drawings, patterns and castings knew what the item was called but not how to spell it.

The hyphen between Clip-rivit was now obviously meant rivit the clip in place though no rivit is shown on the drawing and only the photos I posted give an indication of that.

I'll probably end up making one as it would only want to be about 1/8" wide
26 June 2015 at 14:21 #194988
Neil Wyatt
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Shows what happens if you load a page and then go out for four hours, too!

Neil
26 June 2015 at 14:36 #194992
mark costello 1
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Also used on a Briggs and Stratton Lawn mower engine, if You have equivalent " across the pond."
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