Date:         Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:40:15 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Series resistance unti question
Comments: To: Mike B <mbucchino@charter.net>
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At 08:10 PM 12/18/2012, Mike B wrote:
>Or drill each tab and use tek screws to put it back together, saving
>yourself $32 on those clips.

There is that in what you say.  Are they really $3 each in
sets?  Ouch.  Mechanically I don't think it's a good solution though,
because those thin tabs aren't meant to have their stress
concentrated on a little hole in the middle (not to mention the
difficulty when your hammer-driven knife fails to follow the weld line).

Yrs,
d

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