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Subject: Re: [geda-user] [OT] Help finding solderless contact part
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> On 12 Apr 2017, at 13:18, Bob Paddock (graceindustries AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks, I’ve seen the Tag Connect before and really like it.  It’s not really what I’m looking for here though.
> 
> Perhaps related are the contacts shown in this image:
> 
> http://www.somerset.net/arm/radio_pictures/radio_shack_28-115.jpg
> 
> 
> I've wanted to find those for years.  No idea what they are called.
> Anyone know?
> 
> Searching for 'spring' on Digikey gives an overwhelming number of
> spring-pins which is not what we want.


Those were actually my first choice!  I remember having an electronics set as a kid that used them; it had a bunch of discrete components that you connected together by trapping wires in the springs to make different circuits.  I gave up looking since I couldn’t find a specific reference to them.

Regards,
Chris
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