TOT (probably) mysterious object

Does anyone have any idea what this is?
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...AG0148_1_1.jpg
It's metal, 2 inches long and the wider end has a slot in it probably
for a screwdriver.
TIA
Bob

On Fri, 10 May 2013 21:33:13 +0100, RufusOldboots
wrote:

Does anyone have any idea what this is?
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...AG0148_1_1.jpg
It's metal, 2 inches long and the wider end has a slot in it probably
for a screwdriver.
TIA
Bob

Retaining screw for a D shell computer connector
It is usually done up by hand hence the knurled end.

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On 10/05/2013 21:39, Graham. wrote:
On Fri, 10 May 2013 21:33:13 +0100, RufusOldboots
wrote:

Does anyone have any idea what this is?
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...AG0148_1_1.jpg
It's metal, 2 inches long and the wider end has a slot in it probably
for a screwdriver.
TIA
Bob

Retaining screw for a D shell computer connector
It is usually done up by hand hence the knurled end.

Thanks Graham, it's been bugging me for some time.
Bob

RufusOldboots wrote:
Does anyone have any idea what this is?
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...AG0148_1_1.jpg
It's metal, 2 inches long and the wider end has a slot in it probably
for a screwdriver.
TIA

It looks to me as if it could be a tap to produce a female bolt thread
corresponding to the right hand end, probably in something like plastic
that is not too hard.

But it's only a guess.

Probably a little circlip thingy skulking around somewhere if it is.

Brian

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On Fri, 10 May 2013 21:33:13 +0100, RufusOldboots
wrote:

Does anyone have any idea what this is?
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...AG0148_1_1.jpg
It's metal, 2 inches long and the wider end has a slot in it probably
for a screwdriver.
TIA
Bob

Retaining screw for a D shell computer connector
It is usually done up by hand hence the knurled end.

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Graham.

%Profound_observation%

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Graham. wrote:
On Fri, 10 May 2013 21:33:13 +0100, RufusOldboots
wrote:

Does anyone have any idea what this is?
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...AG0148_1_1.jpg
It's metal, 2 inches long and the wider end has a slot in it probably
for a screwdriver.
TIA
Bob

Retaining screw for a D shell computer connector
It is usually done up by hand hence the knurled end.

+1

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Brian Gaff wrote:

Probably a little circlip thingy skulking around somewhere if it is.

Otherwise known of course as a ping****it.

Graham. wrote:
On Fri, 10 May 2013 21:33:13 +0100, RufusOldboots
wrote:

Does anyone have any idea what this is?
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...AG0148_1_1.jpg
It's metal, 2 inches long and the wider end has a slot in it probably
for a screwdriver.
TIA
Bob

Retaining screw for a D shell computer connector
It is usually done up by hand hence the knurled end.


There is nothing that would retain it in the shell when the plug was not
in and locked down.

That sort of diamond pattern knurling is generally associated with
tools, not simple thumb screws.

The blackening of the surface is something normally done to tool steels.

There would be no reason to taper a D shell jack screw.

It looks to me that there are markings on the shaft, something
associated with tools, not cheap commodity parts. Unfortunately the
image is too noisy and/or suffering from too many JPEG artifacts for me
to be able to enhance it enough to read the markings. If you have no
choice but use JPEG, you need to increase the resolution by 8 times, so
that the current pixels become whole JPEG cells.

David Woolley wrote:

associated with tools, not cheap commodity parts. Unfortunately the
image is too noisy and/or suffering from too many JPEG artifacts for me
to be able to enhance it enough to read the markings. If you have no
choice but use JPEG, you need to increase the resolution by 8 times, so
that the current pixels become whole JPEG cells.

Looking more closely, unless this is a JPEG that has been rescaled to
digitally enlarge it, the spatial frequency of the noise is more
consistent with the colour dither pattern pitch on the sensor, than with
JPEG problems. It is probably because the critical part of the image is
too close to the black level (and the sensor has not been accurately
calibrated for pixel to pixel variations). Deliberately overexposing to
bring the black surface up to a mid-tone may help.

David Woolley wrote:
David Woolley wrote:

associated with tools, not cheap commodity parts. Unfortunately the
image is too noisy and/or suffering from too many JPEG artifacts for
me to be able to enhance it enough to read the markings. If you have
no choice but use JPEG, you need to increase the resolution by 8
times, so that the current pixels become whole JPEG cells.

Looking more closely, unless this is a JPEG that has been rescaled to
digitally enlarge it, the spatial frequency of the noise is more
consistent with the colour dither pattern pitch on the sensor, than with
JPEG problems. It is probably because the critical part of the image is
too close to the black level (and the sensor has not been accurately
calibrated for pixel to pixel variations). Deliberately overexposing to
bring the black surface up to a mid-tone may help.

Whatever ! As others have said it's almost certainly a D Type connector fixing
screw, missing its circlip (or similar). My tool box has dozens floating
around in the bottom.

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