plastic "push rivets"??

[Dwight K. Elvey]

>From: "Jay West" <jwest at classiccmp.org>
>
>I'm not sure what these things are called... but I need some. I'm calling 
>them plastic "push rivets", where a plastic plunger pushes through a collar 
>with 3 or 4 plastic legs. These legs break off.
>
>All the ones I've seen so far are a pretty common size. However, the ones I 
>need two of at the moment are slightly smaller than that. Specifically, 
>these are the two plastic push rivets from an HP 264X terminal that hold the 
>metal cover over the CRT.
>
>Anyone ever find a source for these? Both my local electronics places came 
>up empty.
>
>Regards,
>
>Jay West 


Hi Jay
 Look at the one in the online McMaster-Carr catalog
on page 3054. I think these are the right ones.

http://www.mcmaster.com

 I think they may have a minimum order but I'm sure
that with a few minutes looking you'll find enough
things to make an order.

Later
Dwight