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    Posted by Garrickt Dartnell on 29 August 2017 at 06:59

    Morning Guys!

    What a cracker of a bank holiday, back to reality now though…

    I’m hoping someone might be able to point me in the direction of these panel joining lugs. They seem to be injection moulded and are used to hold together 2 panels in a sign frame/light box.

    I can’t seem to find the right terminology to google them :awkward:

    Any help is much appreciated

    Garrick


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    NeilRoss replied 8 years, 1 month ago 5 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Martin Cole

    Member
    29 August 2017 at 07:45

    Their called panel locks.

    I wouldn’t know where to get them now

    A company called SMP used to sell them although Ashby bought them out a few years back now so may be worth contacting them.

  • Robert Lambie

    Member
    29 August 2017 at 10:16

    Was going to reply with same info as Martin. Defo old SMP product.

    Of you only need a few you can easily router them up in house.

  • Garrickt Dartnell

    Member
    29 August 2017 at 11:16

    Thanks for the information guys 🙂

    I did wonder if it was a SMP product as we have some larger panel locks that do a similar job that were from there. Thanks for the offer on routing these Rob, however that’s what I was trying to avoid on this occasion. I’ll stop being lazy and get on the CNC myself 😆

  • Jasper McEwan

    Member
    29 August 2017 at 11:22

    We used to stock these… but don’t any more i’m afraid – Try Cherwell Signs I think may be able to help you…

  • NeilRoss

    Member
    29 August 2017 at 15:39

    We used to use these too but not for years as we don’t do that sort of thing now. They are called PANALOCKs and I think we got them from Universal Components (Universal Aluminium Systems). I imagine the Panatrim suppliers will have them or could point you in the right direction. If you’re stuck we should have some hiding away on a shelf somewhere.

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