Feels like XMas again with new toys

@ jasuk70 - lol…even better, keep us posted on how the demo goes.

personal preference (although you may have missed the boat on getting them before Chinese New Year and the shutdown of shipping from China). I buy nylon M3 bolts and nuts and standoffs (the double-ended female type, not the male+female the GHI metal standoffs are).

@ Brett - I like the round standoffs that are threaded all the way through. I’ve just run out, though, and I can’t remember where I got the ones I have. :frowning:

I actually dislike the round ones, but that’s possibly because I ended up with the imperial “close” equivalent to M3 and they’re as tight as all get-out to use.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/290629670799?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

that’s the 18mm item of choice for me… I now have several lengths though :slight_smile:

I prefer to use cylindrical plastic spacers with long screws and a single nut. I think it makes it faster and easier to assemble/disassemble since I don’t have to worry with a screw on each end of the sandwich.

I never remove the standoffs from the module once I’ve attached it - so worst case I have twice as many screws to apply first up, but from then on I am in exactly the same scenario as you @ Ian…

but PLASTIC is the important thing for me. (and GHI taught me that - my first Domino didn’t quite have a non-plated, non-connected, non-kept-out hole that looked like a mounting hole… )

Where do you get your cylindrical standoffs? I can’t recall where I got mine, and they’re really useful. Do you use the threaded ones?

4-40 forever!

Actually, I order these from some guy in china (free shipping)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181298993248?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&var=480317963132&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

100 pc for like 5$ US plus free international shipping (although it takes a week or two to arrive)

I like having 1 side with the screw, and the other side with the hole (like the aluminum gadgeteer standoffs, which I also love, and will add an order in whenever I order from GHI)

These are the ones I ordered last in 3.2mm I.D. (10, 15, & 20mm lengths)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DIHVJD4/ref=biss_dp_sa1

I get these screws in several different lengths…
http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00598E66M/ref=pe_852090_120230690_em_1p_0_ti

These nuts…
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FK9HH2/ref=pe_385040_30332190_pe_175190_21431760_M3T1_ST1_dp_1

Guess who forgot to add screws to his order!

Hmm, I think I will need a bigger board!!! Justin! :wink:

@ jasuk70 - Gotta leverage the back side!

@ DevHammer I would but I’ve only got a one long cable and I needed that on a device on the top. (Will order when I get Wifi Module next pay day)

Sounds like a Nicki Minaj song… :smiley:

If you really need more space, jack the Raptor up another level and then use the real estate underneath it to move things like the SD card and USB module :slight_smile: