My Aircraft Spruce catalog calls them Dzus fasteners.
They come in lots of sizes and real expensive, however
they are much larger and more expensive than a 4-40
screw. And the installation tools are much more
expensive than a #1 Phillips, so I will take my K3 the
way it was designed and buy some more screws if I lose
any.
--- Bruce Beford <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:51:00 -0600, Tom wrote:
>
> Wow! I haven't seen any of those since my days at
> Aero Commander!
>
>
> > How about some Dzus (sp?) type twist lock
> fasteners?
> >
> >Stan Rife
> >W5EWA
> >Houston, TX
> >K2 S/N 4216
> >
> [snip]
>
>
> Actually, they are called Druz fasteners, and allow
> for a quick disconnect
> with a 1/4 turn rotation. My company uses them to
> secure the side and back
> panels onto the diagnostic medical equipment that I
> service. We've used them
> for over 20 years now. Nice for larger panels, but
> -not- appropriate for
> something like the K3. The ones I use are fairly
> lagre, and require a
> rectangular cutout in the instrument frame to accept
> the receptacle that the
> fastener 'screw' locks into.
>
> -Bruce N1RX (K3 ordered in July, hoping for feb/mar
> delivery)
>
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