[ARC5] Re:ARC-5 tube pullers

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

I have a pair of those pullers as well, Steve. They work great! Mine
was found in a pile of old IBM mainframe stuff they cleaned out here
at work. Even ended up with an old IBM-labeled vacuum tube, NIB.
Someone was going to toss the 'funny scissor-looking things' when I
spotted them and realized what it was. The rubber coating on the tips
is heavy duty so it grips well, and the action lets you get into some
otherwise-difficult to reach areas.

de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:01:29 -0600, Steve Williams <swkb4dmf at alltel.net> wrote:
> Mike Hanz wrote:
> 
> The problem with them is that they tend to scratch the black paint
> on the metal tubes, and are slippery as all getout.  A dip in liquid tool
> handle rubber is all they really need, but I'm hesitant to do that to an
> original A.R.C. tool...  :-)
> 
> FYI.
>  There is a tube extractor similar to what Mike describes that I have
> found works well for the command set receivers. They can be found at
> http://www.tubesandmore.com/