[ARC5] Re:ARC-5 tube pullers

[Steve Williams]

Mine actually came as part of a PC board etching kit to help dip the 
board in and out of the etchant. I had them for a few years before 
someone told me they were tube pullers. Been using them for both 
ever since. :-) That's why mine are so rusty. They've spent a little too
much time in Ferric Chloride vapors.

> 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