What would you call this glass clip?

[Marco Buonocore]

I'm getting an 8x10 enlarger up at running, and the big glass carrier is missing some of the clips that hold the beveled glass in place. They look like this:

They're 1.5" x 1", and the one edge is raised to hold the beveled edge of the glass.

Does anyone know what these things are called, or where I can find them? Thanks!

 

[mdarnton]

I'd call that something that you're going to have to buy some thin brass and make yourself.

 

[Marco Buonocore]

I'd call that something that you're going to have to buy some thin brass and make yourself.

mdarnton, you're probably right! There are some fellows in the darkroom who are handy at making little odds and ends, so I will recruit one of them to do it. I'm all thumbs.

 

[MartinP]

Thin, springy strip brass is available from any modelmakers shop or tool stockist and aluminium or stainless-steel is also widely available. Just buy 25mm wide, drill two holes, bend it in a vice and you're finished. There is no precision required. If the screws are also missing then take the part along to the shop to make sure that you get the right size -- a Durst will probably use M or MF threads while a US made enlarger is more likely to be UNF or something like that.