Oblong splitring / Is there such a thing?

I Googled it, and I don't find anything.

It seems that it would work very well, though. Many items need a splitring to be large, so that it will recover from the stress of putting through a large hole, but then the edges stick out far, and it is awkward and cumbersome.

If the splitring was oblong, it would eliminate that problem.

I did find triangular splitrings, and that's a good idea as well.

Also, is there a tool specifically for installing splitrings? The small ones from The Sandwich Shoppe are particularly difficult to install, and stay partially sprung open after putting them onto a berkeley point mini clip.

Is there a "trick" you use to ease installation?

I was thinking of soldering them together once installed. Has anyone tried that?
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Maybe one of these will work?



They come in sizes of 1/2" to 3". They can open under stress (the smaller ones are really tight though), so you might want to secure the lock with heat shrink tubing after installing.

Oval splitring

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Wow, thanks Bart. Thats what I was looking for.